[2] In 1966, he won a Jacob's Award for his performance in RTÉ Television's production, When do you die – Friend?
He won a second Jacob's Award in 1972, this time for his contribution to radio drama.
He was part of yet another Jacob's Award-winning production in 1982, as a member of the RTÉ Players, when he played Simon Dedalus in RTÉ Radio's unabridged, 30-hour, marathon broadcast of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses.
[2] He had appeared in the play's world première at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, on that occasion taking the role of 'The Bull' McCabe's sidekick, 'The Bird' O'Donnell.
The eldest, Fergal Keane, is a well-known journalist and broadcaster.