He plays hurling with his local club Adare and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1995 until 2009.
Mark Foley was born in Cork in 1975 and when he was nine months old his family moved to Adare, County Limerick.
Foley was educated locally and later attended Mary Immaculate College in Limerick where he studied to be a primary school teacher.
[4] In early 2013 Foley played junior hurling with Castletown/Ballyagran the very same parish as where he run's the local pub, however there was mixed fortunes for the club as they won the South junior hurling championship but were then beaten in a county semi-final by local rivals Feenagh/Kilmeedy On 30 December 2013 Foley was announced Vice-Chairman of Castletown/Ballyagran GAA club .
In 1995 Foley made his championship debut against Tipperary, however, Limerick later lost the Munster final to Clare.
The following year he won his first Munster title as a full member of the team and Limerick later qualified to play Wexford in the All-Ireland final.
There was some consolation for Foley as his performance in the championship earned him an All-Star award and he was also crowned the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.