The following obituaries of people associated with the club have featured in the Meath Yearbook over the years.
2010
John Cahill Snr
John was a good supporter of Carnaross and contributor to fundraising events within the club. His son, John Jnr, is a former club secretary and his grandson Philip Ward is a current player with Gaeil Colmcille.
Brigid Daniel
Brigid, who died in her 107th year and was Meath’s oldest resident at the time, was well-known and popular in the Carnaross and Kells areas.
Margaret (Peggy) Plunkett
Sister of former club chairman and current selector Malachy Plunkett.
Maureen Ward
Maureen, who was a Club President at the time of her death, was a great football supporter who attended all games and functions.
Noel Watters
Noel was a former underage player with Carnaross.
2009
Patrick Dunne
Patrick won a juvenile medal in 1950 and went on to play for Carnaross at adult level.
Vincent Mooney
Vincent’s three sons played for Carnaross. One of his sons, Vincent Jnr., won Junior and Intermediate medals with the club in 1991 and 1993.
Shane O’Connor
Shane was a big supporter of the Carnaross underage teams which his brothers were part of.
Winnifred O’Reilly
Winnifred was a member of the well known O’Reilly family which has given great service to the Carnaross club down through the years. Her three sons John, Gene and Brendan are former players and are all still heavily involved while her grandson Matthew is a current player. Another grandson, John Sheehan, plays for Clann na nGael.
John Reilly
John played centrefield for Carnaross, winning a Junior medal in 1955 and Intermediate medal in 1957.
John Tevlin
John’s son J.J. played for Carnaross and won Junior and Intermediate medals with the club in 1991 and 1993.
Molly Tevlin
Molly was an aunt of J.J. who won Junior and Intermediate medals with Carnaross in 1991 and 1993.
2008
Fr Walter Nugent
Fr Walter spent almost forty years serving in Korea having been ordained in 1957. Prior to his departure he was an accomplished footballer for both club and county. He was part of the Carnaross junior and intermediate winning sides of 1955 and 1957. For the intermediate decider in 1957 he was a student in Dalgan Park and was not to be released for the final. Being one of the club’s better players, he was a sore loss. The selectors picked the team without him, but just as Carnaross were about to go onto Pairc Tailteann Fr Walter arrived, boots and all. He went on as a substitute at the interval and played his part in the historic victory, which saw his club capture the intermediate title for the first time. He also represented Meath at Minor and Junior levels. He was part of the Meath Junior team that won the All-Ireland in 1952 but missed out on the later stages of the championship as he returned to Dalgan Park to study for the priesthood. He has three nephews currently playing with Carnaross - Thomas, Peter and Patrick while their sister Jane assisted as doctor to the Meath team this year.
Brian Keelan
Brian was one of the best known personalities in north Meath. A famous faith healer, people came from all over the country to visit his Loughan premises. A big GAA supporter, Brian played for Carnaross during the 1940’s.
William ‘Willie’ Daly
Willie was a member of the Carnaross team during the 1930’s and later played with Dulane, which operated from the other side of the Carnaross parish.
Sean Hall
Sean was a lifelong club member and a big supporter.
Annie Carpenter
Annie’s son Padraig played underage for the club as does her grandson Stein.
Mary Yore Roche
Mary’s son Jack plays underage with the club.
2007
Johnny Bennett
A very popular figure, Johnny was a regular on Carnaross teams for years and in later times rarely missed a match. He was a former President of the club while his son Sean also played football with the North Meath unit.
Margaret Norris
Margaret lived to the grand old age of 92 and was a follower of gaelic games all of her life. A member of the famous Ward GAA family from Dulane, she played camogie for the local club and had the distinction of lining out at Croke Park. Her husband, Peter Norris, played for the Meath seniors in the early 1930’s. Some years later their grandson PJ Gillic repeated the feat as Meath captured All-Ireland senior honours in 1987 and 1988.
2006
Patrick (Paddy) Farnan
A well known member of the north Meath community, Paddy was a very useful footballer in his younger days and won a Meath Junior Championship medal with Carnaross in 1941. Paddy lined out at midfield that day and later played in the losing finals of 1945, ‘50 and ‘52. A month before his death he was honoured at the club’s annual dinner dance where he enjoyed meeting all the members of club teams since those early years.
Tommy Yore
A great Carnaross GAA name, Tommy played at midfield on the winning junior and intermediate championship teams of 1955 and 1957. He also played in the losing final of 1952.
Fr Patrick Reilly
Fr Reilly was an extremely popular parish priest of Moynalty for 21 years. A native of nearby Carnaross, he followed the fortunes of both local clubs and the Meath team very closely. He was a president of Moynalty GAA club.
2005
Ann Connell
Ann, with her husband Mick, have been members of Gaeil Colmcille for many years. She was a strong supporter of her club and county. Her untimely death after a short illness was a deep shock to her family and all who knew her. She was the grandmother of current Carnaross underage player Dean.
Robert Porter
Robert was the father of John and the grandfather of current player Killian Porter. Killian was a Meath minor in 2003.
Paddy Morris
Paddy was the father of a large and well known Carnaross family, most of which have close connections with the local club. One of his sons Tony, played on various county teams, is still a current player and team selector
Anna Gillic
From the Oakley Park area of the parish. All her sons were heavily involved with the old Dulane club and now the Carnaross unit. One of these sons, Eugene sadly passed away in 2004. Another son, Aidan, has served Carnaross in every possible position, was an inter county referee and is the father of Meath All-Ireland hero PJ.
2004
Eugene Gillic
A great supporter of Carnaross and Meath teams, Eugene hardly ever missed a game around his patch of north Meath. In his playing days, he lined out with the old Dulane club. He was a brother of former well known referee Aidan and an uncle of Meath 1987/88 hero PJ. Eugene’s coffin was draped in the Dulane colours and older members of this club and present day Carnaross members formed a guard of honour.
Kathleen McDonnell
Kathleen hailed from just over the Cavan border at Lisduff and married Julian from the well known north Meath family. Her sons Julian (Ballinlough) and Malachy (Carnaross) are very active in GAA circles. She was a keen follower of both Cavan and Meath county teams.
2003
Marcella McDonnell
Marcella was a huge football supporter, both of Carnaross and the Royal County. Her husband Malachy is a staunch Carnaross clubman and all her children, Ciaran, Niall and Eimear play for the north Meath club. Marcella was buried in her native Ballinlough and huge crowds were in attendance for both the burial and removal. Marcella’s uncle Jim Roche is President of Ballinlough while her brother Michael Kavanagh featured on the Oldcastle team who contested the Meath senior decider of 1998 with Dunboyne.
Paudge Lynch
Well known for driving Carnaross underage and school teams to all parts of the county. Paudge was not alone a follower of the local club but a devoted Meath supporter and never let a wrong word be said about his beloved Royals.
2001
Tommy Reilly
Described as a walking chronicle on GAA matters who also figured prominently in Moynalty Stream Threshing affairs.
Kathleen Flannery
Kathlen’s cousin Brian ‘Whites’ O’Reilly was a member of the great Cavan team of the late 40s, early 50s. Brother Patrick was on the victorious Meath 1947 junior team.
2000
Rita Caulfield
Rita was the mother of former Carnaross player John and sister of Jack and Tommy Smith both of whom represented Meath.
Dessy McDonnell
A member of an old north Meath family which has given great service to Ballinlough and Carnaross clubs.
1999
Leo Gillic
Was Honorary President of Carnaross GFC at the time of his death. All of his sons played with Dulane and Carnaross down the years and, of course, grandson PJ was an All-Ireland winner in 1987 and 1988.
