A husband. A father. A son. A friend. A Munsterman.
Antony Foley left his mark on this world.
In 42 short years, the impact he had on friends, family, team mates and fans was incomprehensibly massive. With a 13-year Munster career, a 10-year Ireland stint, the legendary number 8 lived a full life. An inspiring one.
A year ago, he was taken from this earth far too son and left the rugby world and the whole of the country in total shock.
In his memory, RTÉ provided a beautiful documentary on Axel, the Munsterman.
Produced by Adrian McCarthy of Wildfire Films, the moving piece was directed by Ross Whitaker and edited by Vinny Beirne and it really amounted to something special.
It celebrated his life, it was poignant and powerful and it drew heartfelt applause from every corner of this island and from people who are still struggling for a way to put into words the impact Foley on each of their own lives.
Past players and family gathered to tell stories of Foley and talk about his legacy in a tear-jerking production.
On Monday night, Anthony Foley: Munsterman was a sad but sweet journey down memory lane with one of the nation’s favourite sons.
Nearly bawling watching the Anthony Foley documentary 😔💔
— maggie💃🏼 (@MaggieAherne97) October 16, 2017
Huge respect to the Foley and Munster family in the #axel8 documentary, the simple title of #Munsterman sums the legend up.
— Michael O'Neill (@mikeycoyb) October 16, 2017
Outstanding documentary, players and support crew an absolute credit to the Munster/Foley family #Axel
— Vinny brick (@Vinnybrick) October 16, 2017
Powerful & emotional documentary about Anthony Foley! Taken too soon! #axel
— Tara Cole (@tcole72) October 16, 2017
Powerful piece on @rte on Axel Foley , @jerryflannery @CJStander @Paul_OConnell @Munsterrugby #makeagrownmancry #RIPAXEL
— Rory Bond (@rbondrugby) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/LornaOSullivan9/status/920044184274456578
Moving documentaries on TV tonight on 2 greats who died too young -Anthony Foley and George Michael
— Seán McCárthaigh (@seanmccarthaigh) October 16, 2017
Remember ANTHONY FOLEY. #Axel
— jackmac (@mccarthykanturk) October 16, 2017
That Anthony foley documentary putting everything back into perspective that you can't take anything for granted in life at all
— Cathal (@CathalFanning) October 16, 2017
Lovely tribute to Anthony Foley. Brought tears to my eyes. What a player he was.So nice to see how respected he was all over the world #axel
— Katie (@katiekins76) October 16, 2017
A truly fantastic tribute to Anthony Foley on @RTE Gone but never forgotten #Axel
— Shane Guest (@shaneguest) October 16, 2017
For any sports fan that was an incredible documentary on Anthony Foley! #Axel
— Tiarnan Mc Larnon (@Tmclarnon15) October 16, 2017
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Just watched the amazing doc on Axel Foley and @Munsterrugby well done @rte
— Pat Shortt (@Pat_Shortt) October 16, 2017
Powerful documentary about Anthony Foley..Real emotional stuff..Legend of the game #Axel
— Shane Clavin (@shane_clav9) October 16, 2017
