The late Chris Carroll The burial took place in Kilfinane cemetery of Chris Carroll, President of Blackrock GAA Club and treasurer of the South Limerick GAA Board. Chris Carroll was both an able and astute administrator and filled the posts of secretary and treasurer of our club with distinction for many years. His professionalism and attention to detail when manning these positions, has set the benchmark for all officers who have since taken up officer ships with in the club. Indeed, our current hardworking treasurer Patricia Carroll is a daughter of Chris and she has certainly brought her father's financial acumen to the post. In recent years Chris had relinquished his club duties and taken on the onerous task of South Board Treasurer. He fulfiled this task with admirable diligence and on the day of his death he had been attending to South Board matters. There are many "gatemen" at GAA pitches all over South Limerick who will bemoan the passing of Chris Carroll. In the 70's, he was heavily involved in the very popular Kilfinane Festivals when the top bands of those halcyon days drew crowds from all over Munster to the 'Marquee in the Moat'. But the greatest legacy, concerning GAA matters, left by Chris Carroll to Blackrock GAA club is the publication of "Man the Gap" a history of Gaelic Games in Ardpatrick and Kilfinane. Chris was associate editor on the book and the main driving force behind the story of Kilfinane's All Ireland hurling triumph in 1897. It is doubtful the publication would ever have come to fruition only for his steele determination. In a moving funeral Mass tribute, grand-daughter Sabrina Carroll referred to her grandfather and Mick Mackey colluding up above in a bid to restore Limerick's glory days. I'd say if Chris gets talking to some of the 1897 heroes and unearths a few new stories, then I'm sure he'll start planning a reprint of "Man the Gap". All in the club extend sincere sympathy to the Carroll family. Courtesy of The Limerick Leader 03 June 2006 Tweet

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