Kevin Keane

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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|irish = Caoimhín Ó Cathain

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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}

|birth_place = Castlebar, Ireland

|height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|sport = Gaelic football

|code = Football

|county = Mayo

|province = Connacht

|club = Westport

|clyears = 2007–

|clposition = Full Back

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|icyears = 2012–2016

|icposition = Right corner/Full-back

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Kevin Keane (born 1990) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Westport. He previously played for the Mayo county team.

He started at right corner-back in the 2012 All-Ireland SFC Final, which Mayo lost by four points to Donegal.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/19693260|title=Donegal 2–11 0–13 Mayo|date=23 September 2012|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 October 2012}}{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Breheny|authorlink=Martin Breheny|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/murphy-rocket-sees-donegal-strike-gold-28813296.html|title=Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold|date=24 September 2012|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=4 October 2012}}

Keane was sent off for slapping Michael Murphy in an off-the-ball incident during Mayo's 2015 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Donegal.{{fact|date=November 2021}}

He attended Rice College and played football for the school. Lee Keegan attended Rice College at the same time and played with Keegan on the school team.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/lee-keegan-never-a-county-minor-and-now-mayos-greatest-ever-41788399.html|title=Mayo's all-time greatest: When they needed him most, against Dublin, Tyrone, Monaghan and Kildare, their talisman delivered. How does he keep doing it?|work=Irish Independent|first=Frank|last=Roche|date=25 June 2022|page=1–3 (Sport)|quote='When you go back to our early years, you would never have pencilled Lee in to turn out to be the footballer that he has become', says Kevin Keane, his former Mayo colleague, long-time Westport club-mate, one-time Rice College team-mate, and enduring friend.}}