Mark Foley (hurler)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Irish Name | Marc Ó Foghlú | ||
| Full name | Mark Foley | ||
| Date of Birth | 17 April 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Adare, County Limerick | ||
| Height | 5’11” | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Adare | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Inter County | |||
| County | Limerick | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Limerick | 1995- | ||
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Munster Titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland | 0 | ||
| All-Stars | 2 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Mark Foley (born 17 April 1975) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Adare and with the Limerick senior inter-county team.
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[edit] Early life
Mark Foley was born in Adare, County Limerick in 1975. He was born into a family that had a great interest in Gaelic Games. His father later served as a selector with the Limerick senior hurlers. Foley was educated locally and later attended Mary Immaculate College in Limerick where he studied to be a primary school teacher. Here he played on both the college’s hurling and football teams, winning both Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup medals in each code.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Foley plays his club hurling with his local Adare team. He has had much success with the club, winning under-12, under-14, under-16 and minor county medals throughout the 1980s. In 2001 and 2002 Foley won back-to-back senior county championship medals with Adare. They were beaten in the 2003 final by Patrickswell.
[edit] Inter-county
Foley has played hurling at all levels with Limerick. In the early 1990s he played on both the minor and under-21 teams, however, he had little success. He later joined the senior side and was a member of the panel when Limerick won the Munster Championship in 1994 but lost the All-Ireland final to Offaly. In 1995 Foley made his championship debut against Tipperary. The following year he won his first Munster title as a full member of the team and Limerick later qualified to play Wexford in the All-Ireland final. For the second time in three years Limerick left Croke Park empty handed. There was some consolation for Foley as his performance in the championship earned him an All-Star award.
In 1997 Foley won a National Hurling League medal with Limerick, however, the following few years saw Limerick’s senior hurling fortunes take a dramatic downturn. In spite of this Foley received a second All-Star award in 2001.
| Limerick Senior Hurling Team 2006 | ||
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1 B. Murray | 2 D. Reale | 3 S. Lucey | 4 S. Hickey | 5 O. Moran | 6 B. Geary | 7 M. Foley | 8 B. Foley | 9 D. Ryan | 10 N. Moran | 11 M. O'Brien | 12 T.J. Ryan (Capt.) | 13 A. O'Shaughnessy | 14 B. Begley | 15 C. FitzGerald | 16 T. Houlihan | 17 D. O'Grady | 18 M. O'Riordan | 19 W. Walsh | 20 P. Tobin | 21 M. Keane | 22 W. McNamara | 23 G. O'Mahony | 24 K. Breen | 25 E. Benson | 26 P. Cregan | 27 P. O'Grady | 28 E. Foley | 29 P. O'Dwyer | 30 M. FitzGerald | Manager: R. Bennis | |
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