Tonight a bust of Anthony Foley will be unveiled at Shannon RFC’s clubhouse in the shadows of Thomond Park. The club commissioned Clare sculptor Seamus Connolly to create a lasting memory to the club legend who died tragically on October 16, 2016. “The Foley family are sown in the fabric of Shannon RFC,” said club chairman John Leahy. We were lost in the whole grief and sadness at the time but we, as a club, wanted to do something to perpetuate his memory and so we settled on this. “I’d have an interest in rugby and Munster so I’d know what Anthony Foley represented.

Source: Evening echo January 19, 2018 10:18 UTC