Foley (surname)
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Foley is a surname, originating in Ireland
in the south east Munster
region. The name is derived from the original modern Irish Ó Foghlú and older Irish Ó Foghladha, with the original meaning of plunderers. The Lord of the Decies (the Waterford
area of Munster
) was a title attributed to some early Foleys. The name Foley has a loose meaning in Anglo-Saxon as "Pirate" or "Marauder".
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in the south east Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
region. The name is derived from the original modern Irish Ó Foghlú and older Irish Ó Foghladha, with the original meaning of plunderers. The Lord of the Decies (the Waterford
Waterford
Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...
area of Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
) was a title attributed to some early Foleys. The name Foley has a loose meaning in Anglo-Saxon as "Pirate" or "Marauder".
- Adrian Foley, 8th Baron FoleyAdrian Foley, 8th Baron FoleyAdrian Gerald Foley, 8th Baron Foley is a British peer and a former composer and pianist.Upon the death of his father, the 7th Baron Foley, in 1927, Foley succeeded to his title at the age of three. In 1946, he composed music for the film Piccadilly Incident and for Bond Street in 1947...
, British composer - Anthony FoleyAnthony FoleyAnthony "Axel" Foley is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He was educated at St Munchin's College in Limerick.-Shannon:...
, Irish rugby player - Axel FoleyAxel FoleyAxel Foley is a fictional character, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, and is the main protagonist of the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise. He is ranked number 78 on Empire Magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time...
, fictitious character played by Eddie Murphy - Blaze FoleyBlaze FoleyMichael David Fuller , better known under the stage name Blaze Foley, was an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:...
, American singer - Brendan FoleyBrendan FoleyBrendan Foley is an Irish writer, film producer and director.He grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has written feature scripts for companies in UK, US, Canada, South Africa and Thailand. He wrote and produced the 2005 thriller Johnny Was, starring Vinnie Jones, Eriq La Salle and Patrick Bergin...
, Irish writer-director - Charles F. FoleyCharles F. FoleyCharles F. Foley was an American lawyer and politician. He began to practice about 1888 at Lyons, Kansas.He was born in Canada, and was educated in that country and in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1880, at age twenty, he moved to Kansas and by teaching school in the eastern section of the state...
, American lawyer and politician - Chris FoleyChris FoleyChris Foley is a drummer best known for his work with the Boston hardcore band SSD, in the early and mid 1980s- recording four highly influential albums with the band. He graduated from Berklee College of Music and went to pursue a career as a drummer and musical instrument maker. He was the...
, several people - Cornelia MacIntyre FoleyCornelia MacIntyre FoleyCornelia MacIntyre Foley was an artist who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 31, 1909. She began her art training under the first art instructor the University of Hawaii, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens...
, American/Hawaiian artist - Curry FoleyCurry FoleyCharles Joseph "Curry" Foley was a left-handed pitcher, outfielder and first baseman who played in the National League for the Boston Red Caps and Buffalo Bisons . He was born in Milltown, Ireland....
, early Irish baseball player - Dave FoleyDave FoleyDavid Scott "Dave" Foley is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown...
, Canadian actor - David FoleyDavid FoleyDavid John Foley is an English footballer who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League.-England:...
, English professional footballer - Denis FoleyDenis FoleyDenis Foley is a retired Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the constituency of Kerry North for 18 years, broken by a 3-year stint as a senator....
, Irish politician - Desmond FoleyDesmond FoleyDesmond 'Des' Foley was an Irish sports star in the 1960s, specialising in the Gaelic games of Gaelic football and hurling. He was also an Irish parliamentarian and represented Fianna Fáil in Dáil Éireann....
, Irish sportsman and politician - Dominic FoleyDominic FoleyDominic Joseph Foley is an Irish footballer who plays for Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in Belgium, as a striker.Without really settling in his early career, he played for almost ten clubs in England, in his late 20's and 30's, he found stability in Belgium, where he represented two teams.-Football...
, Irish professional footballer - Ellen FoleyEllen FoleyEllen Foley is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.- Early life and career :Foley was born in St....
, American singer and actress - Fiona FoleyFiona FoleyFiona Foley is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Badtjala, Fraser Island, Queensland.She studied at the Sydney College of the Arts. She has travelled as an artist internationally and to remote communities in Northern Territory...
, Australian artist - Foley (musician)Foley (musician)Joseph McCreary, Jr., known professionally as Foley, is an American composer, musician, and photographer who is best known as the "lead bassist" with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1987 until 1991...
(b. Joe McCreary), bass player for Miles Davis - Francis B. FoleyFrancis B. FoleyFrancis B. Foley , was an American ferrous metallurgist.-Biography:Foley was born July 7, 1887 in Philadelphia. His father, Dennis Foley, died in 1889 in Dakota Territory, leaving a wife, daughter, and three sons...
. (1887 - 1973), American ferrous metallurgist. - Frank FoleyFrank FoleyMajor Francis Edward Foley CMG was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer...
, British spy against the Nazi regime in Germany - Gaelen FoleyGaelen FoleyGaelen Foley is an American writer of romance novels.-Personal life:Gaelen Foley was born on November 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and she has three sisters. She holds a B.A. in English literature with a minor in philosophy from the State University of New York, College at Fredonia, New...
, American writer - Gary FoleyGary FoleyGary Foley is an Australian Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor . He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s...
, Australian activist and academic - Glenn FoleyGlenn FoleyGlenn Foley is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League with the New York Jets from 1994–1998 and the Seattle Seahawks in 1999, and the Arena Football League with the New Jersey Gladiators in 2002.He played high school football at Cherry Hill High School East in his...
, American football player - Henry Foley (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Jack Foley, American sound effects pioneer
- Jack FoleyJack Foley (poet)Jack Foley is an American poet living in Oakland, California.-Biography:Jack Foley is a widely-published San Francisco poet and critic. Born in Neptune, New Jersey , raised in Port Chester, New York, and educated at Cornell University, Foley moved to California in 1963 to attend U. C. Berkeley...
, American poet - Jack E. FoleyJack E. Foley-External links:**...
, American soldier in World War II - James D. FoleyJames D. FoleyJames David Foley is a Professor and the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications in the School of Interactive Computing, and former Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology from 2008-2010...
, Georgia Tech professor - John Henry FoleyJohn Henry FoleyJohn Henry Foley , often referred to as JH Foley, was an Irish sculptor, best known for his statues of Daniel O'Connell in Dublin, and of Prince Albert in London. Both are still considered iconic in each city.-Life:...
, Irish sculptor - John R. FoleyJohn R. FoleyJohn Robert Foley represented the sixth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961....
, United States congressman - Joseph P. FoleyJoseph P. FoleyJoseph Patrick Foley was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
, Canadian politician - Kevin FoleyKevin FoleyKevin Owen Foley , Australian politician, is the current Minister for Industry and Trade and Minister for Federal/State Relations in the Rann Labor government. He previously served as Treasurer of South Australia and Deputy Premier of South Australia from 2002 until his resignation in 2011...
, Australian politician - Kevin Foley (footballer)Kevin Foley (footballer)Kevin Patrick Foley is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Foley previously spent twelve years at Luton Town...
, Irish professional footballer - Laurence FoleyLaurence FoleyLaurence Michael Foley, Sr. was an American diplomat assassinated outside his home in Amman, Jordan....
, American diplomat - Leo FoleyLeo FoleyLeo T. Foley is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 47, which includes portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and was re-elected in 2000,...
, Minnesota politician and state senator - Linda FoleyLinda FoleyLinda Foley was president of the Newspaper Guild and vice-president of the Communications Workers of America from 1995 through 2008.She was a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky before turning to full time work at the Guild in 1984. She was elected its...
, American journalist and labor leader - Louise Munro FoleyLouise Munro FoleyLouise Munro Foley is a Canadian writer who later moved to the United States. She was born as Louise Munro in Toronto; her last name was adopted in 1957 when she married Donald Foley....
, American writer - Mark FoleyMark FoleyMark Adam Foley is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party....
, former US congressman- Mark Foley scandalMark Foley scandalThe Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on soliciting e-mails and sexually suggestive instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from Florida, to teenaged boys who had formerly served as congressional pages...
- Mark Foley scandal
- Mark Foley (Cork hurler)Mark Foley (Cork hurler)Mark Foley is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Argideen Rangers, and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.-Club:...
, Irish sports star - Martin FoleyMartin FoleyMartin "The Viper" Foley is one of the Republic of Ireland's best known criminals. He rose up from a street drug dealer to be an associate of Martin Cahill, one of Ireland's most notorious criminals. He has 33 convictions. He is considered a key figure in the McCormack-Foley crime family from...
, Irish criminal - Margaret FoleyMargaret Foley-Early years:Born in 1820, Margaret was a self-taught sculptor, whittling and carving in the rural city of Vergennes, Vermont.As most young woman did back in the mid-19th century in New England, Miss Foley traveled to Lowell, MA to work in the textile mills as a mill girl...
, artist - Matt FoleyMatt FoleyMatt Foley was a fictional motivational speaker from the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live performed by the late Chris Farley. The character was created by Bob Odenkirk...
, fictional character from Saturday Night Live - Maurice FoleyMaurice FoleyMaurice B. Foley is a judge of the United States Tax Court.Foley received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center...
, several people - Mick FoleyMick FoleyMichael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he...
, American professional wrestler - Michael FoleyMichael FoleyMichael Foley is a former hooker for the Australia national rugby union team and current head coach of the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby tournament.-Playing career:...
, several people - Nathan FoleyNathan FoleyNathan Joel Foley is an Australian performer and former member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5.-Biography:Nathan Foley...
, several people - Pat FoleyPat FoleyPat Foley is the television play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.A native of Chicago's North Shore, Foley graduated from Loyola Academy and received a degree in telecommunications from Michigan State University...
, sports broadcaster - Paul FoleyPaul FoleyPaul Foley may refer to:*Paul Foley , English ironmaster who also served as Speaker of the British House of Commons*Paul Foley , English politician, second son of Paul Foley...
, several people - Philip FoleyPhilip FoleyPhilip Foley was the youngest of the three surviving sons of the British ironmaster Thomas Foley . His father transferred to him in 1668 and 1669 all his ironworks in the Midlands for £60,000...
, British ironmaster and politician - Red FoleyRed FoleyClyde Julian Foley , better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
, American country singer - Richard FoleyRichard FoleyRichard Foley may refer to:*Richard Foley , English ironmaster*Richard Foley , English politician, MP for Droitwich*Richie Foley, Irish hurler*Richie Foley, fictional character in Gear...
, several people - Robert Foley (academic), British evolutionary biologist
- Sallie FoleySallie FoleySallie Foley, LMSW is the director of both the center for sexual health/ University of Michigan Health Systems and the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program/Graduate School of Social Work. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, educator, supervisor, and diplomate of sex...
, American psychotherapist - Scott FoleyScott FoleyScott Kellerman Foley is an American actor. He is known for roles in television shows such as The Unit and Felicity, and in films such as Scream 3...
, American actor - Steve FoleySteve FoleySteve Foley may refer to:*Steve Foley , drummer for The Replacements*Steve Foley , English association football coach*Steve Foley , English association football player...
, several people - Steven Foley-SheridanSteven Foley-SheridanSteven Foley-Sheridan is an Irish footballer who was with AFC Bournemouth. He plays in midfield and featured in Aston Villa's FA Youth Cup win in 2002, and in their run to the final two years later. He joined from Aston Villa to Bournemouth on loan in late 2005. He later signed a permanent deal at...
, Irish soccer player - Sue FoleySue FoleySue Foley is a Canadian blues singer and guitarist.-Career:Foley has been writing and playing professionally since 1984. She has recorded ten albums, for both Antone's Records and Shanachie Records. She has spent over fourteen years on the road as a bandleader, lead vocalist, guitarist and...
, Canadian blues musician - Theo FoleyTheo FoleyTheo Foley is an Irish former footballer and football manager.-Playing career:During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm F.C., before moving to England to pursue a career beginning with Burnley F.C., then moving to Exeter City F.C., Northampton Town F.C., then Charlton...
, Irish former footballer and football manager - Theodore FoleyTheodore FoleyFr. Theodore Foley, C.P. was a Roman Catholic priest and the superior general of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ from 1964–1974...
, Roman Catholic priest - Thomas FoleyThomas FoleyThomas Foley or Tom Foley may refer to:* Thomas Foley , British admiral* Thomas Patrick Roger Foley , American religious leader* Tom Foley , American baseball player...
, several people - Thos FoleyThos FoleyThos Foley from Kenmare in County Kerry, Ireland, is a men's slalom skier. He currently lives and trains in the village of Verbier in Switzerland....
, Irish snow skier, not a water-skier - Tom FoleyTom FoleyThomas Stephen Foley was the 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995....
, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1989–95) - Tom Foley (infielder), baseball player and coach of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
- Tucker Foley, fictional character from Danny Phantom
- William FoleyWilliam FoleyWilliam Foley is an American linguist and professor at the University of Sydney. He specialises in Papuan and Austronesian languages. He is perhaps best known for his 1986 book The Papuan Languages of New Guinea and his partnership with Robert Van Valin in the development of role and reference...
, linguist - Zac Foley, bassist for EMF (band)EMF (band)EMF were an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band, from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, came to prominence at the beginning of the 1990s. During its initial eight year run , EMF had released three studio albums and had gone on hiatus and reformed twice...