Limerick's Mark Foley NAME: Mark Foley DATE OF BIRTH: 17-4-75 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: Adare COUNTY: Limerick NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 12, 14, 16 and minor county medals with Adare; All-Ireland Colleges medals in hurling and football with Mary Immaculate College; played hurling at all levels with Limerick (OTHER): played underage badminton for Munster INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: 1995 v Tipp Munster Semi Final TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Fergie Tuohy FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Ui Chaoimh HOBBIES: Golf, fishing FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half back FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Ciaran Carey, Brian Whelehan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Br. Dwan, Tom Ryan, Eamonn Cregan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the Minor Championship with Adare in 1990 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing All-Ireland to Offaly in 1994 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Barry Foley, Kevin Broderick, Sean Og O hAilpin WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Perhaps two referees, encourage overhead striking DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Players not properly looked after, trojan workers at ground level not looked after for tickets come the big matches DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: All relatives have an active interest in the GAA. Brother John (19) on senior panel, father Vincent a selector in 1992 when Limerick won the League PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Kevin Cashman FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Wake up and smell the coffee!' PET HATES: Smoking FAVOURITE MUSIC: Traditional rock FAVOURITE FILM: Guns of Navarone IDEAL DATE: Marilyn Monroe HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As an honest hurler Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th July 1996 Vol 6 No 27 Tweet

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