TRIBUTES ARE FLOODING in for St Patrick’s forward Eamon Carroll, who died after being struck down by a Garda patrol car in the early hours of the morning.
Mr Carroll was part of the St Pat’s side who won their sixth Louth SFC title with a 1-10 to 1-8 victory over the Dreadnots in Sunday’s county final.
The 33-year-old was believed to be walking along the main Dundalk to Carlingford road at about 1.20am when he was hit by the Garda car.
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St Pat’s PRO Rose McEneaney led the tributes when she spoke with LMFM Radio’s Colm Corrigan this morning.
“We can’t even begin to understand how his family are feeling. It’s tragic, tragic news. (He’s) a loss to his family, a loss to his club, a lovely guy, a gentleman from his head to his toes,” she said.
A very talented footballer and a great servant to the club. It’s just hard to comprehend, a lot of us are around the complex here and nobody can talk.
“He was an extremely talented guy. Very fit, very fast. I mean he could score points from any angle where nobody could score them from. He could score them from the sideline, from anywhere. He was very talented and a lovely, lovely guy.”
Louth county board chairman and former chairman of St Pat’s Padraic O’Connor also spoke to LMFM, describing Mr Carroll as a gentleman and a highly dedicated player.
“He was just a lovely fella. He came back this year. He had announced he was retiring and he came back this year for one final go at the Joe Ward (Cup). And true to his word he turned up every night.
“I believe he used to get the bus down from Dublin, train, get a lift back to the bus and go back up again. He did that for nearly six months this year.
“Of course his dedication went right through his lifetime with the GAA. He worked in the bank and I believe the number of friends he had was legendary. Typical of the man he was.
“He would put a friendly arm around the shoulders of the young up and coming players and assure them and keep them going. And if there was ever trouble in the dressing room, there was one person that when he spoke, everybody else fell silent. That was Eamon.”
St Pat’s have opened a book of condolences at the club’s complex.
St Patrick's PRO and Louth chairman lead tributes for Eamon Carroll
TRIBUTES ARE FLOODING in for St Patrick’s forward Eamon Carroll, who died after being struck down by a Garda patrol car in the early hours of the morning.
Mr Carroll was part of the St Pat’s side who won their sixth Louth SFC title with a 1-10 to 1-8 victory over the Dreadnots in Sunday’s county final.
The 33-year-old was believed to be walking along the main Dundalk to Carlingford road at about 1.20am when he was hit by the Garda car.
St Pat’s PRO Rose McEneaney led the tributes when she spoke with LMFM Radio’s Colm Corrigan this morning.
“We can’t even begin to understand how his family are feeling. It’s tragic, tragic news. (He’s) a loss to his family, a loss to his club, a lovely guy, a gentleman from his head to his toes,” she said.
“He was an extremely talented guy. Very fit, very fast. I mean he could score points from any angle where nobody could score them from. He could score them from the sideline, from anywhere. He was very talented and a lovely, lovely guy.”
Louth county board chairman and former chairman of St Pat’s Padraic O’Connor also spoke to LMFM, describing Mr Carroll as a gentleman and a highly dedicated player.
“He was just a lovely fella. He came back this year. He had announced he was retiring and he came back this year for one final go at the Joe Ward (Cup). And true to his word he turned up every night.
“I believe he used to get the bus down from Dublin, train, get a lift back to the bus and go back up again. He did that for nearly six months this year.
“He would put a friendly arm around the shoulders of the young up and coming players and assure them and keep them going. And if there was ever trouble in the dressing room, there was one person that when he spoke, everybody else fell silent. That was Eamon.”
St Pat’s have opened a book of condolences at the club’s complex.
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