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Jun 16, 2024 · 16 Jun 2024, 12:41 pm. It is with real sadness that Celtic Football Club today confirmed the passing of former Director and Honorary Chairman, John Keane. John will forever be regarded as one of the Club’s saviours and, for that reason, all Celtic supporters will always owe John an eternal debt. In the 1990s, an immediate £1million was ...
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Jun 17, 2024 · Tributes have been paid to the man who played a 'pivotal role in saving Celtic '. Former director and honorary chairman, John Keane, sadly passed away yesterday, with the club, Dermot Desmond and ...
- Ewan Paton
Jun 17, 2024 · All our thoughts and condolences go to John’s wife, Kathleen, son Mark, daughter-in-law Karisma and grandchildren, John-Henry, Norah and Fiádh and his wider family. John will always be in our hearts." Fergus McCann added: "John Keane was a staunch and key partner in the takeover, refinancing and rebuilding of Celtic.
Jun 16, 2024 · Dermot Desmond leads tributes to ‘one of the most important figures in Celtic’s history’ after death of John Keane He had a major role to play in saving the club in the 1990s Robert Thomson
Jun 17, 2024 · The late John Keane. A Mayo man who was credited as being the saviour of Glasgow Celtic football club has passed away. Doohoma-born businessman John Keane was often dubbed the ‘man who saved Celtic.’. In the 1990s, an immediate £1million was needed to save Celtic from the ignominy of administration. To avoid such a catastrophe, John ...
Jun 17, 2024 · John Keane could claim something much bigger than that; he saved something we all love. When, at the height of our troubles in 1994, he received a telephone call from the embattled Kevin Kelly begging for his help in preventing a bank foreclosure he didn’t stop to think about the politics or the optics of giving those men breathing space.
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Oct 24, 2024 · John Keane, late of Finglas, D11 and formerly Arundel Square, Waterford, Waterford Glass, An Garda Síochána and the Island Golf Club, Donabate. Who died on 23rd October 2024 Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family in the tender care of the staff in Beneavin House, Nursing Home. Predeceased by his brother Richard.