Edmond Foley

Edmond Foley
Undated portrait of Edmond ‘Ned’ Foley.
Born23 November 1895
Died7 June 1921 (aged 24)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityIrish
Known forExecuted IRA volunteer: one of The Forgotten Ten

Edmond Foley (23 November 1895 – 7 June 1921), sometimes known as Edmund or Edward, was a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who was hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 7 June 1921.[1] Together with nine other men executed by hanging during the War of Independence, he was one of The Forgotten Ten.[2]

  1. ^ Macardle, Dorothy (1965). The Irish Republic. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 984.
  2. ^ Carey, Tim: The Forgotten Ten: A Documentary History (2001); ISBN 1-84131-547-8