Local Facts

• Foxford grew up around the eponymous Woollen Mills which have been producing the famous Foxford blankets since 1892.
• The town is also the birthplace of Admiral William Guillermo Brown, founder of the Argentine Navy. Busts of Admiral Brown, born on 22 June 1777, have been erected in both Buenos Aires and Foxford.
• The poet and theatre director F. R. Higgins (1896 - 1941) was another son of Foxford.
• In the vicinity, the Straide Museum honours and commemorates the life and works of Michael Davitt born there, labour agitator, social campaigner and founder of the Irish Land League.