Kevin Foley (Gaelic footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kevin Foley (Gaelic footballer)

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1960

Place of Birth: Trim, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: association football manager

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Kevin Foley (Gaelic footballer)

  • Kevin Foley (born 9 January 1960) is an Irish Gaelic football manager, selector and former player.
  • His league and championship career with the Meath senior team spanned eight seasons from 1986 to 1993.Born in Trim, County Meath, Foley was raised in a family that had a strong affinity for Gaelic football.
  • He played competitive Gaelic football during his schooldays at Trim CBS and St.
  • Patrick's Classical School in Navan, however, he favoured soccer during his studies as University College Dublin.
  • By this stage Foley was also playing club football with Trim, having begun his club career at juvenile and underage levels.
  • He won a county junior championship medal in 1978. In spite of never having played in the minor, under-21 or junior grades with Meath, Foley was added to the senior panel for the 1986 championship.
  • Over the course of the next seven years, he won two All-Ireland medals as part of a two-in-a-row in 1987 and 1988.
  • Foley also won five Leinster medals and two National Football League medals. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team in 1988 Foley won his sole Railway Cup medal. In retirement from playing Foley became involved in team management and coaching.
  • He was manager of the Clonard team that won their first county junior championship title in forty years in 2011.
  • Foley also served as a selector with the Meath minor team.

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