Carroll made his senior debut for Offaly in a Walsh Cup game against Dublin in 2002. After scoring 1-2 in his competitive debut, he was later included on Offaly's league and championship teams. In 2005 Carroll enjoyed his first major success with Offaly. A 6-21 to 4-7 trouncing of Carlow gave him his first National Hurling League (Division 2) medal. Unfortunately, championship success continued to elude the team. After being relegated from the top tier of the league, Offaly reached the Division 2 final once again in 2009. A 1-13 to 0-13 defeat of Wexford gave Carroll a second Division 2 medal. In January 2016, Carroll announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. In a released statement he said "It is with both satisfaction and sadness that I announce my retirement from inter-county hurling, for the past 14 seasons I have been privileged to play for Offaly and got to fulfil my boyhood dream of captaining my county in 2010, playing in a Leinster final in Croke Park in 2004 and, probably most importantly for me, the general buzz of playing inter-county hurling with and against the best in the country." Inter-provincial Carroll has also lined out with Leinster in the inter-provincial series of games and has enjoyed much success winning 4 Railway Cup medals in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2009. In 2003 he won a Railway Cup medal as Leinster defeated Connacht by 4-9 to 2-12. Career statistics References 1983 births Living people Coolderry hurlers Irish schoolteachers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers Offaly inter-county hurlers