Patrick Joseph CarrollPatrick Joseph Carroll was an Irish soldier and former commissioner of the Gardaí Síochána.Life and careerCarroll was born 15 September 1903 in Ballyrider, Stradbally, County Laois. He was active in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence in Athy, County Kildare. He was the Gardai commissioner between March 1967 – September 1968.