Eamonn Patrick Keane (born Edmund Keane; 30 March 1925 – 7 January 1990) was an Irish actor. Keane was born in

Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: �lʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the CSO Census 2016. Desc ...

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and was a brother of the playwright,

John B. Keane John Brendan Keane (21 July 1928 – 30 May 2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry. Biography A son of a national school teacher, William B. Keane, and his wife Hannah (née Purtill), Keane was ...

. He was a member of the

Radio Éireann Players The Radio Éireann Players (RÉP) were a repertory company for radio in Ireland, formed in 1947, which performed in regular drama productions for Irish broadcaster, Radio Éireann. After the depredations of the war-time years and a devastating fi ...

and appeared in many of the station's drama productions on both radio and television.''The Irish Times'', "Death of Eamon Keane, aged 64", 8 January 1990 In 1966, he won a Jacob's Award for his performance in

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while ...

Television's production, ''When do you die – Friend?'' He won a second Jacob's Award in 1972, this time for his contribution to radio drama. He was part of yet another Jacob's Award-winning production in 1982, as a member of the RTÉ Players, when he played Simon Dedalus in

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's unabridged, 30-hour, marathon broadcast of

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...

's novel, ''Ulysses''. He played the part of Dan Paddy Andy in the 1990, film adaptation of his brother's play '' The Field''. He had appeared in the play's world première at

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

's Olympia Theatre in 1965, on that occasion taking the role of 'The Bull' McCabe's sidekick, 'The Bird' O'Donnell. Keane died at

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General Hospital aged 64. He was married to Maura Hassett from whom he separated in 1970. They had three children, Fergal, Eamon, and Niamh. The eldest,

Fergal Keane Fergal Patrick Keane (born 6 January 1961) is an Irish foreign correspondent with BBC News, and an author. For some time, Keane was the BBC's correspondent in South Africa. He is a nephew of the Irish playwright, novelist and essayist John B. ...

, is a well-known journalist and broadcaster.''The Irish Times'', "A journalist with his own story to tell", 4 January 1997

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Eamon Keane at Irish Playography
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