RIP: Portlaoise GAA pays tribute to Anne Cribbin

Portlaoise GAA has paid tribute to Anne Cribbin who sadly passed away on Sunday, September 1.

"Portlaoise GAA Club would like to express sincere condolences to Tom on the sad passing of his mother Anne."Tom was a great support to the club in the past and he did so in a genuine and understated manner. He was of course Laois senior football manager in the late 1990s also and is very well known in sporting and business circles throughout Portlaoise and Laois."Our thoughts and prayers are for Anne and her family and friends. May she rest in Eternal Peace," Portlaoise GAA wrote in a social media post.

Cribbin, (née Carbery), Anne, Capdoo, Clane, Co. Kildare and late of Portarlington and Mountmellick, Co. Laois, September 1st, 2024, peacefully surrounded by her loving family in the excellent care of the staff of Naas General Hospital, beloved sister of the late Rose, Ted, Noreen and Denis, lovingly remembered by her loving husband Kevin, sons Tom, Eddie, Kevin, Denis, Pauraic, John and Donald and their wife's and partner, 12 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, sisters Mary, Irene, Threase, Colette, Pauline and Finula, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and many good friends. May she Rest In Peace.

Tom, Anne's son, is well-known in the GAA world having managed Laois, Westmeath and Offaly's Senior Football teams as well as managing his local side Clane and Offaly club Edenderry. He has been heavily involved with Kildare in recent times from minor all the way up to senior level and was with Cian O'Neill and Jack O'Connor. As a player, Tom Cribbin led Clane to senior championship honours in '95 and '97, as player/ manager, getting to the Leinster Club football final after his second championship victory, losing out to Erin's Isle in the final, a game he scored a goal in.

Anne's funeral took place on Tuesday, September 3 in the Church of St. Patrick and St. Brigid, Clane before she was laid to rest in Mainham Cemetery, Clane.