Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Irish) to beat, to thrash, also as lurry into, to get stuck into, to attack.

1943		‘Myles na gCopaleen’ Faustus Kelly in ‘Flann O’Brien’ Stories & Plays (1973) 179: An’ why wouldn’t he, after been lurried into a job.
1946		D. MacDonagh Happy as Larry Act IV: Lorry him up he’s no relation! Give him a blow or two for me.
1975		E. Brady All in! All in! 177: Lurry them up! / Kick their shins! / That’s the way ‘Sycamore’ wins!
1987		(con. 1920s) L. Redmond Emerald Square 81: ‘Shake hands like a gentleman, and come out fighting’ as opposed to ‘lurry him up, he’s no relation’. [Ibid.] 93: Any one of them who got caught were due for a ‘lurrying up’ they did not forget.
1994		J. O’Connor Secret World of the Irish Male (1995) 85: I seen him ownee the other night outside Lillie’s Bordildo and him being lurried into a joe maxi blue mowldy with the dhrink.