John Foley was an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

priest who served a president of

St. Patrick's, Carlow College St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland and was founded in 1782 by James Keefe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, an ...

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He was born in 1854 at Mensal Lodge,

Old Leighlin Old Leighlin () is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland, 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1500 monks in residence. It was the location for a church syno ...

, County Carlow, to Patrick Foley and Anne Delaney. He was educated locally at Leighlinbridge National School and at Carlow College where he went on and trained for the priesthood, continuing his clerical studies from 1874 to 1881 at Maynooth College. He served as a church curate in Portlaoise, before returning to St. Patrick's College, Carlow as a professor in 1886. In 1896 he succeeded his older brother Patrick Foley as president of the college when his brother was appointed bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. He held the position as president of the college for the remainder of his life. Foley's nephew Michael Alphonsus Foley (the son of his brother Michael) died serving in the Leinster Regiment in Egypt in 1919. He died on 16 September 1937 at the age of 83 and is buried in the Carlow College cemetery.Grave of Monsignor John Foley, President, Carlow College (1896–1937)
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* 1854 births 1937 deaths 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests People from County Carlow Alumni of Carlow College Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Burials at Carlow College Cemetery 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests {{ireland-reli-bio-stub