Brian Foley, 1932-2015 - Irish Car+Travel (blog)
Brian Foley was a husband, a father, a grandfather, a son to his parents, a brother to his siblings, an uncle to his nieces and nephews, and in those roles he was universally loved. Brian was a writer, a journalist, a publisher, a raconteur of great wit and humour, and a living encyclopaedia of motoring and motorsport in Ireland and far outside the island, and in those roles he was widely respected. He was also a great travelling companion, whether on a drive at a car launch on strange roads in foreign lands, or over dinner, or at the bar afterwards, and in that role very many of us in the motoring journalism field, in motorsport, and in the... Rather that he wanted to enjoy doing everything that interested him, enjoy the company of friends, of business acquaintances, whoever and whatever came through those interests. Most of all, though, he wanted to, and did, love his family and friends. I first got to know Brian back in the late 1960s, when he and Mary would come in to The Hideout, our family pub. They were, of course, great fun company, and I do recall many nights — it could be argued too many — that the three of us ended up finishing a bottle or two of Chateauneuf du Pape together. From his home in Carlow, his motorsport activities during the late 1950s had him competing in autotests in MG Midgets, later an NSU Prinz, and in 1966 he conceived, designed, and built his own special trials and autocross car, with the help of... Source: www.carandtravel.eu
