Foley's Tearooms and curios

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An 18th century thatched tea-rooms, family run, open 7 days, specialising in home cooking. Famous for its boiled bacon and cabbage. It has a flower filled patio at the rear, perfect for al fresco dining, enclosed and child friendly, complete with pet rabbit. Foley's is furnished with curios and antiques and has an open fire to welcome you in from the cold. Browse a while in our curio & antique section. A real gem. Available for hire for small functions, evening & night-time.

• Anynomous

  09 October 2023

  Getting these ready .........

• Anynomous

  02 October 2023

  Patio flowers...still blooming 🌼

• Anynomous

  24 August 2023

  The fire which destroyed our famous thatch roof and most of the building back in March, showed up some of the hidden building methods used in the original construction of parts of the building over 300 years ago. Mud walls....... Walls built with lime mortar were undoubtedly the best but few could afford those. Tempered clay was a substitute for lime. In some parts of the country with an abundance of stone, there was a tradition of dry-walling. Where stone was not available m...ud walls were built with tempered clay. Great care was taken in selecting the clay, and tempering it was a laborious task which involved turning and kneading. Sometimes straw, rushes, cow-dung or animal blood or hair were added. The correct amount of water was important to give the right consistency and the malleable mixture was sometimes poured into moulds or casings. More often it was built in layers without moulds and cut into shape when dry afterwards. Walls were usually 60cms or more thick and often had a slight batter. Openings for windows and doors were small and were usually provided as the work proceeded, but occasionally they were omitted and cut out afterwards. Mud walls generally had a stone base about a metre high. This helped to keep the wall dry and was a protection against rats and mice. When the roof was completed the walls were plastered with tempered clay which had various additives, such as animal hair, animal blood, cow-dung, ashes, milk or buttermilk, according to local custom. Finally, the walls were whitewashed with lime, on both sides, for decoration and protection. For the extremely destitute walls of clay sods were the most common.

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• Anynomous

  19 August 2023

  What a wonderful idea....could you get involved ?

• Anynomous

  10 August 2023

  Happy Fathers Day ♥️

• Anynomous

  26 July 2023

  Over the years we liked to mix things up by changing the colour scheme on Foleys. Which was your favourite ? Would be great to see any photos you have in the comments x

• Anynomous

  14 June 2023

  Happy National Tea Day ! Sorry we can't share a cuppa with you this year ♥️

• Anynomous

  13 June 2023

  Thought this was lovely.

• Anynomous

  25 May 2023

  Happy Easter everyone xx

• Anynomous

  22 May 2023

  I commissioned the lovely Carolyn Hoey to do this painting as a present to Mum (Gertie) and Dad (Joe) last year....extra special now x

• Anynomous

  17 May 2023

  So, the hoarding is up and we are awaiting the go ahead to start clearing out the debris and securing walls etc....We will get going on rebuilding as soon as we can proceed. Thank you again to everyone, for everything xxx

• Anynomous

  14 May 2023

  This legend was still outside Foleys when we called down tonight.... sweeping the road and tidying up. Thank you so much xxx (For those of you who dont know Pat is a local volunteer who is constantly out cleaning and caring for our beautiful little village) Pat was also one of the first to alert us to the smoke coming from the roof yesterday morning....so now he is a legend and a hero ! Many thanks to all the local community and friends of Foleys who contacted us today with offers of help xxx

• Anynomous

  13 May 2023

  Well, what can we say. Firstly and most importantly thankfully no one was hurt during today's fire. At this time we are unsure how the fire started but it appears to have started on the outside of the Thatch at the back of the building. The fire brigade and other emergency services were on the scene within 10 minutes and while they set about trying to control the fire they also helped us to clear probably 80% of the furniture and items from inside the building, we thank them ...from the bottom of our hearts. They have now been here for almost 12 hours...mighty men and women. Can we also just mention here Jacqueline and Ryan our Neighbours, who got stuck in alongside us and helped us to clear the building along with two other gentleman, we are so, so grateful for your help and the sugary tea xx To Seamus who came with a van and loaded stuff up for us with the help of Martin. Apologies to those living beside the tea rooms for the disruption to your ESB supply. The messages of support and love both privately and on Social media really have meant a lot to us and have helped in some way to make today a little easier to bear. To all those who came down, gave us a hug, a handshake and a kind word, again thank you so much. For all the offers of help, offers of vans and storage and help in the big clean up that is ahead in the next few days... we are gobsmacked by the kindness of people. If we have forgotten to mention anything or anyone...forgive us it's been a tough day. So, a bad day, but certainly not the last day in Foleys Tea Rooms we will be back... 300 years can not be wiped out in a day ! In fact Joe assures us that Foley's curio shop 4 doors down, will be open and trading tomorrow. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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