Irish singer Connie Foley (1925-1975)was born in Tralee and immigrated first to England and then to Boston where he was discovered as a singer and made many recordings that were a hit with Irish Americans all over the country. In the 60s he returned to England where he passed away in 1975.

This County Kerry immigrant was discovered singing at a party in Worcester, Massachusetts shortly after coming to the U.S. in 1949, and rocketed to fame in Ireland and over here. In style and material, Connie Foley bridged the gap between tenor John McCormack and the great ballad singers like the Clancy Brothers, who would emerge in the late 1950s.