[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.
[4] Keane died at Tralee General Hospital aged 64.