Donal Foley

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Donal Foley (1922–1981) was a journalist and newspaper editor. He worked as London editor for The Irish Press

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|date= 1973

|publisher=Grove Press

|isbn=978-0-394-17808-0

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before employment with The Irish Times. He was born in the Ring Gaeltacht in 1922 and grew up in Ferrybank.{{cite web|url = http://www.munster-express.ie/local-news/tv-documentary-about-celebrated-journalist-donal-foley/ | title = TV documentary about celebrated journalist, Donal Foley | work = The Munster Express | date = 31 August 2007 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071120053650/http://www.munster-express.ie/local-news/tv-documentary-about-celebrated-journalist-donal-foley/ | archivedate = 20 November 2007 }}

Foley wrote the satirical column "Man Bites Dog" in The Irish Times from 1971 until his death in 1981.{{cite web|url = http://www.irishtimes.com/150/articles/man-bites-dog.html | title = A taste of man bites dog | work = The Irish Times | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110225091647/http://www.irishtimes.com/150/articles/man-bites-dog.html | archivedate = 25 February 2011 }}

His autobiography is called The Three Villages.