My Childhood with Seán Keane: 'I liked singing, but not in front of people'

Seán Keane shares his tales from youth, where music played a major role

Sean Keane: “Music was the most important thing. It was to be shared and freely given.”

Seán Keane was raised when children were meant to be seen and not heard. That policy didn’t bother the singer and musician, because he was shy and jokes that “it suited me fine, as I didn’t want to talk anyway”.

He remembers his excruciating embarrassment when asked to sing. “All I wanted was for the ground to open up and swallow me there and then,” he says.