Roy Keane honours mother Marie with moving eulogy at Cork funeral

The football legend recalls happy childhood, family life and his mother’s strength in an emotional funeral tribute in Cork

The coffin is shouldered from the church after requiem mass at the funeral of Marie Keane at the Church of the Resurrection, Farranree, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

Roy Keane has paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother, Marie, whose funeral Mass was held this morning in the Church of the Resurrection in Farranree.

The Cork soccer legend delivered an emotional eulogy in what was his mother’s childhood church, halting several times as grief threatened to overwhelm him.