Ronan Keating Fan Site

Name: Ronan Patrick Keating
Date of Birth: 3 March 1977
Height: 5' 9" (175cm)
Born: Dublin, Ireland
Starsign: Pisces
Lives: Dublin
Father: Gerard Keating
Mother: Marie Keating
Brothers: Ciaran, Gerard and Gary
Sister: Linda
Interests: Playing guitar
Previous Job: Worked in a shoe shop
Trivia: Hosted the 1997 and 1999 MTV Europe Music

Ronan Keating grew up in the Bayside area of Dublin where he had a very happy childhood growing up with his brothers and sister.

Sadly, when Ronan was only 21 years old his mother Marie Keating died from breast cancer. Her untimely death on 2 Febuary 1998 led the family to set up a charity in her name, The Marie Keating Foundation, which helps women fight breast cancer.

Ronan married Irish model Yvonne Connolly on April 30, 1998, on Nevis Island. They have three children - Jack (born March 15, 1999), Marie, known as Missy (born February 18, 2001) and Ali (born September 7, 2005). Sadly, Ronan and his wife Yvonne separated after 14 years of marriage.