Roy Keane Delivers Emotional Eulogy at Mother's Funeral

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane delivered an emotional eulogy at his mother Marie's funeral mass in Cork on Tuesday, describing her death as feeling like "the heart being ripped out of the chest" of their family. The 79-year-old passed away peacefully at Marymount Hospice on Friday, surrounded by loved ones, after a period of illness.

The requiem mass took place at the Church of the Resurrection in Farranree, where hundreds gathered to pay respects. Keane, 54, paused several times to compose himself as he spoke before the service began, led by Fr. Sean O'Sullivan. He noted that Marie, nee Lynch, would not have wanted a fuss, but he intended to honor her anyway. Raised in Fairhill as the second eldest of nine siblings, she took on responsibilities early in life. Romance came with Maurice "Mossie" Keane, whom she met as a teenager and married at the same church on August 10, 1963. A framed black-and-white wedding photo stood beside her coffin throughout the mass.

Keane, joined by siblings Denis, Johnson, Hilary and Pat, reflected on their mother's multifaceted roles as wife, mother, sister, daughter, mother-in-law and grandmother. "She was pretty cool at all of them,"...