Originally from County Cork, founders Martin and Mary Connolly moved to New York in 1986.  After a visit to San Francisco, they moved West in 1990. Harboring a strong entrepreneurial streak and attracted by the Bay Area’s open-minded spirit, Johnny Foley’s Irish House became the culmination of their dream when it opened in 1998. Named for a local Irish tenor with a rebel streak, from the day it opened with the cast of Ireland’s famous Riverdance troupe cheering them on, Martin and Mary have made Foley’s a home away from home for the Irish community - and a place where everyone is a “little bit Irish” all year long.