Michael Foley (Leitrim footballer)

Michael Foley
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born Dunkeerin, County Leitrim, Ireland
Occupation P. E. teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Dunkeerin
Kilcock
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2002-
Leitrim
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2

Michael Foley is a Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim, Ireland, and was a panel member of the Leitrim county team from 2002 onwards. He has played for Leitrim at all levels, winning a Connacht Minor Football Championship in 1998 and a Connacht Junior Football Championship in 2004.[1]

He is a former member of the Dunkeerin club, before he transferred to Kilcock in Kildare.[2]

He is known as an "ace freetaker" with his county, he holds the ball like it’s a child.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Foley inspired for Leitrim". Irish Independent. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Brothers on opposing sides in Gaelic Park - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Foley and Reilly ready to renew a classic old rivalry". Irish Independent. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2024.