Little Barasway

Thomas Foley was said to have been the first permanent settler of Little Barasway, Newfoundland, a small community approximately 12 km south of Placentia. The name "Little Barasway" is derived from the local pronunciation of the word "barachois" (a lagoon or harbour sheltered from the sea by a strip of beach). The town name has had many spellings over the years including: Little Barachoix, Little Barrachois, Little Barrisway. It has never been home to more than a few families in the last 150 years, of which include Foley, Doyle and O’Keefe.

Thomas Foley, a fisherman, arrived in nearby Placentia, NL circa 1846, to work for Sweetman & Saunders, a firm based out of Waterford, Ireland. The history of the Cape Shore, says he was nicknamed Thomas "Tramore" Foley as he was from Tramore, Ireland.