Donal Foley

Donal Foley was a journalist and newspaper editor. He worked as London editor for The Irish Press ^[1] before employment with The Irish Times. He was born in the Ring Gaeltacht in 1922 and grew up in Ferrybank.^[2]

Foley wrote the satirical column Man Bites Dog in The Irish Times from 1971 until his death in 1981.^[3]

His autobiography is called The Three Villages.^[3]

References

1. ^ O'Connor, Ulick (1973). Brendan Behan. Grove Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780394178080. http://books.google.ie/books?id=nd4zAAAAMAAJ&q=%22donal+foley%22&dq=%22donal+foley%22&hl=en&ei=t-EdTYXxJsGyhAfCgu22Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBzge. 
2. ^ TV documentary about celebrated journalist, Donal Foley, The Munster Express, 31 August 2007, retrieved 6 April 2009
3. ^ ^{a b} A taste of man bites dog, The Irish Times, retrieved 6 April 2009

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Name	Foley, Donal
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Date of birth	1922
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Date of death	1981
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