Marie Keane, the mother of Ireland and Manchester United legend Roy Keane, has died.
According to a notice, Ms Keane died “in the tender loving care of the doctors, nurses and staff of St. Anne’s Ward at Marymount University Hospital and Hospice”.
Family Mourns Loss
Ms. Keane is predeceased by her husband, Maurice (Mossie), and her brother Pat. She is described as the “beloved mother of Denis, Johnson, Hilary, Roy and Pat”.
Roy Keane once described his mother as the “only boss I listen to”. Along with his late father Maurice, Marie had a profound effect on shaping the mentality of the young Roy, who would become one of the great players to grace the English Premier League.
Despite his tough exterior, Roy always had a very close bond with both his parents and made no secret of his affection and admiration for them.
He shed tears last year talking about his family during an episode of Stick to Football, when he, Ian Wright, Jill Scott, and Gary Neville brought various mementoes from their careers into the studio.
Roy was said to have been devastated when his father Maurice ‘Mossie’ Keane died at the age of 79.
Marie and Mossie’s Life Together
Maurice had suffered a stroke in 2018 and died in the Heather Care Home on the grounds of the Cork Orthopaedic Hospital in August the following year.
Marie married Mossie at the Church of the Resurrection in Farranree on Cork’s northside in 1963, and they moved to Mayfield, where they brought up Roy and his siblings Denis, Johnson, Hilary, and Pat.
The Keanes have been described as a very close-knit family, with Marie and Mossie said to have been extremely proud of all their children.
When Roy moved to the UK and played for teams like Nottingham Forest and Man Utd, he always made sure his parents had tickets to his games.
Maurice and Marie eventually moved in the 1990s from Mayfield to Rathpeacon, Co Cork, to a house Roy had bought for them.
Funeral Arrangements
Visitation at O’Connor Bros Funeral Home at North Gate Bridge takes place on Monday from 6pm, before the requiem mass on Tuesday at 11am in the Church of the Resurrection, Farranree.