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Aidan Carroll ( Dubliner and Gentleman )

Aidan Carroll (26 January 1930 – 24 April 1979 ) an Irish politician who served as a Dublin City Councillor from 13th June 1960 to 12th June 1967.

His father was Daniel Carroll (originally from 16, Windsor Terrace, Portobello, Dublin) and his mother was Elizabeth ( nee O'Leary from Oulart Co. Wexford )

He grew up in Rathmines (25, Church Gardens) where he was the eldest of 7 children. He had six sisters. Aidan and his sisters were the second family of Daniel Carroll who remarried after his wife died in 1927. Daniel had 6 sons from his 1st marriage. ( One died at childbirth ). Aidan's older brother James Carroll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carroll_(Dublin_politician) was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1957.

Aidan was a Plasterer by trade. He married Anne ( nee Deering ) on the 8th September 1954 in St. Bernadette's Church Sundrive Road Dublin 12.

He lived in Ballyfermot from 1958 until 1962 while working as a Plasterer and serving the people of Dublin as a Councillor.

Aidan and Anne met President John F. Kennedy in 1963 when he visited Ireland.

They had 9 children and spent the majority of their marriage in 11 Devenish Road Kimmage Dublin 12.

In early 1979 he decided to move to Harold's Cross and it was during this long drawn out move that he suffered a blood clot ( coronary occlusion ) and had a heart attack and died. He was only 49.

His kindness and honesty, combined with an inbuilt integrity left many very shocked by his passing but all were agreed that he had had a very positive affect on their lives and those characteristics were carried forward to this very day by his children