He plays hurling with his local club Patrickswell and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1996 until 2008.
Here he won a Harty Cup medal in 1993 and was named "Man of the Match" in the final.
He has enjoyed much success with the club, winning county medals at under-14, under-15, under-16, minor and under-21 levels.
In 2006, Foley narrowly missed out on winning a sixth medal when Patrickswell were defeated by a single point by Bruree.
However, since then, Limerick's senior hurling fortunes have taken a downturn and Foley has failed to add any more winners' medals to his collection.