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Irish name
  
Barra O Foghlu

Years
  
Club

All stars
  
0

Height
  
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

All irelands
  
0


Position
  
Midfield

Name
  
Barry Foley

Sport
  
Hurling

1993-present
  
Nhl
  
1

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Born
  
12 May 1977 (age 46) Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland (
1977-05-12
)

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Barry Foley (born 12 May 1977 in Patrickswell, County Limerick) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Patrickswell and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1996 until 2008.

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Early life

Barry Foley was born in Patrickswell, County Limerick in 1977. He was born into a family that had a strong association with the game of hurling. His father and uncles all played for Patrickswell and one uncle, Seán Foley, won an All-Ireland medal in 1973. Foley was educated locally and later attended secondary school in Limerick. Here he won a Harty Cup medal in 1993 and was named ‘Man of the Match’ in the final.

Club

Foley plays his club hurling with Patrickswell. He has enjoyed much success with the club, winning county medals at under-14, under-15, under-16, minor and under-21 levels. In 1995 Foley won his first senior county medal. He added another two county medals in 1996 and 1997 before winning his fourth and fifth county titles in 2000 and 2003. In 2006 Foley narrowly missed out on winning a sixth medal when Patrickswell were defeated by a single point by Bruree.

Inter-county

In the early 1990s Foley played for both the Limerick minor and under-21 hurling teams, however, he had little success. In 1996 he made his senior debut in a Munster Championship game against Clare. Limerick later went on to win the Munster final and Foley had his first senior inter-county success. In the subsequent All-Ireland final Foley’s side lost out to Wexford. The following year he won his first National Hurling League medal, however, since then Limerick’s senior hurling fortunes have taken a downturn and Foley has failed to add any more winners’ medals to his collection.

References

Barry Foley Wikipedia