Roy Keane delivered a moving eulogy to his late mother, Marie, at her funeral on Tuesday. The sad news of her death was confirmed on Friday afternoon, with the family announcing that she had died peacefully while surrounded by loved ones at Marymount Hospice in Cork, Ireland. Keane was scheduled to be on punditry duties for ITV at England’s game against Uruguay that evening, but was replaced by the broadcaster in light of his mother’s death.
Marie’s funeral took place in Cork on Tuesday, with Keane joined by mourners to celebrate her life at the Church of the Resurrection in Farranree. In a moving address, the former Manchester United captain told the funeral mass that losing her felt like the family had their “hearts ripped out of their chest”, according to The Sun.
Keane also said that he was going against the wishes of his “kind and caring” mother by “making a fuss” about her.
He told mourners: “I know our mam wouldn’t want us to make a fuss today, and I very rarely went against her wishes, but I am today.”
Keane recalled how Marie was known as a wonderful “wife, daughter, sister-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, et cetera”. He added: “She was pretty good at all of them, but as a mother she excelled.”
