Foley may refer to:

Places

United States

Foley, Alabama Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 20,335 Foley is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area, which includes all of Baldwin County. History Fo ...

* Foley, Florida, a community in

Taylor County, Florida Taylor County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,796. Its county seat is Perry. The county hosts the annual Florida Forest Festival and ...

Foley, Minnesota Foley ( ) is a city and the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,711 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Foley is part of the St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Cloud St. Clou ...

Foley, Missouri Foley is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The population was 161 at the 2010 census. History Foley was platted in 1879. Some say the town was named after Addison Foley, the original owner of the town site, while others believe ...

Foley Field Foley Field is a baseball stadium in Athens, Georgia, United States. It is the home field of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college baseball team. The stadium holds 3,633 people. Foley Field was built in 1966. The stadium was renovated in ...

, a baseball stadium in Athens, Georgia *

Foley Square Foley Square, also called Federal Plaza, is a street intersection in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, which contains a small triangular park named Thomas Paine Park. The space is bordered by Worth Street to the ...

, Manhattan

Elsewhere

* Foley Island, Nunavut, Canada * Foley Mountain, Ontario, Canada * Foley, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

People and fictional characters

Foley (surname) Foley is a surname which originated in Ireland, in the southeast Munster region. The name is derived from the original modern Irish ''Ó Foghlú'' and older Irish ''Ó Foghladha'', meaning "plunderer". The Lord of the Decies (the Waterford area of ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Baron Foley Baron Foley is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, both times for members of the same family. The first creation came in 1712 in favour of Thomas Foley, who had earlier represented Stafford in the House of Co ...

, a British title *

Foley baronets The Foley Baronetcy, of Thorpe Lee in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 July 1767 for Robert Ralph Foley. He was a member of the influential family of ironmasters founded by Richard Foley, w ...

, an extinct British baronetcy *

Foley (musician) Foley (born Joseph Lee McCreary, Jr. 6 November 1962) is an American bassist, drummer and singer who is best known as the "lead bassist" with Miles Davis from 1987 until 1991. Music career Foley was born in Columbus, Ohio. Growing up he listened ...

, American musician and singer Joseph Lee McCreary, Jr. (born 1962) *

Jack Foley (sound effects artist) Jack Donovan Foley (April 12, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American sound effects artist who was the developer of many sound effect techniques used in filmmaking. He is credited with developing a unique method for performing sound effects li ...

, sound effects artist after whom the craft is named

Ships

* , two British Royal Navy frigates * , a United States Navy destroyer escort, originally HMS ''Foley''

Other uses

Doris Foley Library for Historical Research The Doris Foley Library for Historical Research (formerly, Nevada City Free Public Library and Nevada City Library; colloquially: Carnegie Library or Foley) is a reference and research library in Nevada City, in Nevada County, California. Built ...

, reference and research library in Nevada City, California, U.S. *

Foley (band) Foley are a pop music duo from Auckland, New Zealand. The duo is composed of multi-instrumentalists, songwriters and vocalists Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett. Foley have been nominated for three Aotearoa Music Awards alongside two APRA Silver ...

, New Zealand pop duo *

Foley (filmmaking) In filmmaking, Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. It is named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley. Foley sounds are used to enhance ...

, a process or a studio for creating sound effects used to enhance film or video soundtrack *

Foley catheter In urology, a Foley catheter is one of many types of urinary catheters (UC). The Foley UC was named after Frederic Foley, who produced the original design in 1929. Foleys are indwelling UC, often referred to as an IDCs (sometimes IDUCs). This dif ...