# Barry Foley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barry_Foley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barry_Foley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Foley > Source revision: 1181434473 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Irish sportsman|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2008}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Barry Foley | irish = Barra Ó Foghlú | feet = 5 | inches = 10 | nickname = | county = Limerick | province = Munster | club = [Patrickswell](/source/Patrickswell_GAA) | clubs = | clyears = 1993-present | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 6 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = [Limerick](/source/Limerick_GAA) | icposition = Midfield | icyears = 1996–2008 | icapps(points) = ? (6-39) | icprovince = 1 | icallireland = 0 | nhl = 1 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|5|12|df=yes}} | birth_place=[Patrickswell](/source/Patrickswell), [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) }} '''Barry Foley''' is an Irish sportsman. He plays [hurling](/source/hurling) with his local club [Patrickswell](/source/Patrickswell_GAA) and was a member of the [Limerick](/source/Limerick_GAA) senior inter-county team from 1996 until 2008.{{cite web |title=Foley, Barry |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=44480 |accessdate=2010-07-14 |date=15 November 1996 |author=Tom Morrison |work=[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand) }} ==Early life== Barry Foley was born in [Patrickswell](/source/Patrickswell), [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick) in on 12 May 1977. He was born into a family that had a strong association with hurling. His father and uncles all played for Patrickswell and one uncle, [Seán Foley](/source/Se%C3%A1n_Foley), won an All-Ireland medal in 1973. Foley was educated locally and later attended secondary school in [Limerick](/source/Limerick). Here he won a Harty Cup medal in 1993 and was named "Man of the Match" in the final. ==Playing career== ===Club=== Foley plays his club hurling with [Patrickswell](/source/Patrickswell_GAA). 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, he won his first [senior county](/source/Limerick_Senior_Hurling_Championship) medal. He won 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](/source/Limerick_GAA) minor and under-21 hurling teams but with little success. In 1996, he made his senior debut in a [Munster Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Hurling_Championship) game against [Clare](/source/Clare_GAA). Limerick later won the Munster final and Foley had his first senior inter-county success. In the subsequent [All-Ireland](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship) final, Foley's side lost to [Wexford](/source/Wexford_GAA). The following year he won his first [National Hurling League](/source/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== {{Reflist}} {{Limerick Hurling Team 1996}} {{Limerick Hurling Team 1997}} {{Limerick Hurling Team 2006}} {{Limerick Hurling Team 2007}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Barry}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Limerick inter-county hurlers Category:Patrickswell hurlers {{Limerick-hurling-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barry Foley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Foley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Foley?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.