 The Foley House is a grand Victorian era house built in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation, for Declan Finbar Foley and his wife Mary Ann Buckly.Six generations of Declan Foley's descendants enjoyed the well-built home, made three bricks thick and of the best available materials.Declan Finbar Foley was born 1819 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, one of five children.