Billy Keane

Billy Keane comes from Listowel, County Kerry - an area rich in the art of story telling and writing. He is the son of the legendary John B. Keane. His weekly sports column in the Irish Independent has brought him such an avid following.

His first book is entitled Last of the Heroes. Keane, who like his father doubles as a publican in his spare time, brings to his craft a light, and often hilarious touch to the snapshot he portrays of rural life as it meets the modern age.

Billy Keane was a school's champion. He was an assistant to Paudie O’Shea when Kerry won the All Ireland in 1977. He also played for his local club Listowel Emmets and later University College Cork. Billy Keane is a regular contributor to radio and television where his fast talking Kerry wit comes to the fore.

A modest rugby player with Bective Rangers, he writes compellingly about the game. Billy aided Moss Keane in the writing of Rucks, Mauls & Gaelic Football, Merlin’s sports bestseller of 2005. Moss and Billy are not related ‘except through drink’, but share the common Kerry heritage and love of the holy game of Gaelic football.

Moss Keane is co-author of Rucks, Mauls and Gaelic Football with Billy Keane.
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