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(Redirected from Desmond Foley) Irish politician, hurler and Gaelic footballer (1940–1995

Des Foley
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1969 – February 1973
ConstituencyDublin County North
In office
April 1965 – June 1969
ConstituencyDublin County
Personal details
Born(1940-09-12)12 September 1940
North Strand, County Dublin, Ireland
Died5 February 1995(1995-02-05) (aged 54)
Dublin, Ireland
Political party
SpouseRita Nugent
EducationSt Joseph's, Fairview
Des Foley
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Midfield
Hurling Position: Midfield
Club(s)
Years Club
St Vincents
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Dublin titles 1 4
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1958–1969 Dublin
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Leinster Titles 5 1
All-Ireland Titles 1 0
League titles 1 0
All-Stars 2 1

Desmond Foley (12 September 1940 – 5 February 1995) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler of the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a politician and represented Fianna Fáil in Dáil Éireann.

Sports

Desmond Foley was born into a farming family at Kinsealy, County Dublin in 1940. As a young man he showed particular skill at Gaelic games, winning four Dublin County Senior Hurling Championships with the St Vincents GAA club, having earlier captained the school team of St Joseph's, Fairview which brought the All-Ireland Colleges football title to Dublin for the first time. Foley captained the Dublin minor football team which won the All-Ireland Final in 1958. In 1962 he became the only player in history to play in two provincial Railway Cup finals, in hurling and football, on the same day, winning medals in both codes for Leinster. He won further Railway Cup medals again in 1964 and 1965.

Foley was a prominent member of the Dublin county hurling team from 1958 until 1969, playing on the losing side in the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. In 1963 he captained the Dublin county football team which defeated Galway to win the All-Ireland title. He won three All-Star awards, two for football and one for hurling, but never a senior All-Ireland hurling medal. He was a mid-fielder of the highest ranking, particularly noted for his outstanding sportsmanship. His brother Lar Foley was a team colleague, both in hurling and football, through most of his campaigns in the 1950s and 60s and who was also an All-Ireland medal winner for Gaelic football in 1958 and 1963.

Politics

Towards the end of his playing career, Foley became interested in politics and was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency at the 1965 general election, and in the Dublin County North constituency at the 1969 general election. He resigned from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 4 November 1971, in advance of a confidence motion in Jim Gibbons, whose role in the Arms Crisis he disagreed with. He unsuccessfully contested the 1973 general election in Dublin County North as an independent candidate.

Des Foley died in Dublin in 1995.

References

  1. "Desmond Foley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ White, Lawrence William. "Foley, Desmond". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. "Des Foley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  4. Glennon, Chris (5 November 1971). "Lynch defiant as vote nears". Irish Independent.
  5. "Return of the 'GAA deputies'". Irish Independent. 2 March 1973.
Honorary titles
Preceded byLorcan Allen Baby of the Dáil
1965–1969
Succeeded byJohn Bruton
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin County constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin County (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Michael Derham
(SF)
George Gavan Duffy
(SF)
Séamus Dwyer
(SF)
Desmond FitzGerald
(SF)
Frank Lawless
(SF)
Margaret Pearse
(SF)
6 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Michael Derham
(PT-SF)
George Gavan Duffy
(PT-SF)
Thomas Johnson
(Lab)
Desmond FitzGerald
(PT-SF)
Darrell Figgis
(Ind)
John Rooney
(FP)
4th 1923 Michael Derham
(CnaG)
Bryan Cooper
(Ind)
Desmond FitzGerald
(CnaG)
John Good
(Ind)
Kathleen Lynn
(Rep)
Kevin O'Higgins
(CnaG)
1924 by-election Batt O'Connor
(CnaG)
1926 by-election William Norton
(Lab)
5th 1927 (Jun) Patrick Belton
(FF)
Seán MacEntee
(FF)
1927 by-election Gearóid O'Sullivan
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) Bryan Cooper
(CnaG)
Joseph Murphy
(Ind)
Seán Brady
(FF)
1930 by-election Thomas Finlay
(CnaG)
7th 1932 Patrick Curran
(Lab)
Henry Dockrell
(CnaG)
8th 1933 John A. Costello
(CnaG)
Margaret Mary Pearse
(FF)
1935 by-election Cecil Lavery
(FG)
9th 1937 Henry Dockrell
(FG)
Gerrard McGowan
(Lab)
Patrick Fogarty
(FF)
5 seats
1937–1948
10th 1938 Patrick Belton
(FG)
Thomas Mullen
(FF)
11th 1943 Liam Cosgrave
(FG)
James Tunney
(Lab)
12th 1944 Patrick Burke
(FF)
1947 by-election Seán MacBride
(CnaP)
13th 1948 Éamon Rooney
(FG)
Seán Dunne
(Lab)
3 seats
1948–1961
14th 1951
15th 1954
16th 1957 Kevin Boland
(FF)
17th 1961 Mark Clinton
(FG)
Seán Dunne
(Ind)
5 seats
1961–1969
18th 1965 Des Foley
(FF)
Seán Dunne
(Lab)
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Dublin County North and Dublin County South
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin County North constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin County North (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
19th 1969 Patrick Burke
(FF)
Des Foley
(FF)
Mark Clinton
(FG)
Justin Keating
(Lab)
20th 1973 Seán Walsh
(FF)
21st 1977 Ray Burke
(FF)
Joe Fox
(FF)
John Boland
(FG)
3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Constituency abolished. See Dublin North
Dublin – 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
Subs used
E. Malone for M. Bohan
Dublin – 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)
Subs
16 F. McPhillips
17 C. Kane
18 P. Downey
19 A. Donnelly
20 É. Breslin
21 P. Synnott
22 S. Lee
23 S. Coen
24 K. Heffernan
Selectors
D. Cotter
P. O'Connor
S. O'Connell
Trainer
B. Quinn
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