About
Fr Jerry (Jeremiah) Carroll was ordained in 1989. His early service was in the parishes of Evander and Pomeroy in the Diocese of Dundee in South Africa. He spent 17 years working in South Africa before returning to Ireland. In 2005 he joined the Defence Forces and became Chaplain to the Air Corps in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. He served overseas with the first Irish Finnish Battalion, 35th Infantry Group in Lebanon in 2006. He has also served with the 97th Infantry Battalion in Chad and the 45th Infantry Group in Lebanon. At the time of his interview he was preparing for his next trip to Lebanon with the 109th Infantry Battalion. Fr Carroll was interviewed for the Military Archives Oral History Project on 20th September 2016.
