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Who is Roy Keane’s wife Theresa Doyle and how many children does she have with the football pundit?
Keane rarely mentions his wife in public but has admitted she's his rock
ROY Keane is a tough-talking football pundit and former Red Devils and Ireland midfield legend.
Keano is also a family man — here's everything we know about his wife Theresa Doyle.
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Who is Roy Keane's wife Theresa Doyle?
Roy Keane rarely mentions his wife in public, but opened up about their relationship in a revealing interview with the Sunday Times in the early 2000s.
He said: "I wouldn’t say Theresa likes every part of the package. She knows I haven’t got a halo over my head.
“Actually, that’s what she likes about me.
"She also knows I am not the nastiest person in the world."
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Theresa is not believed to be on social media.
When Roy met Theresa
The pair met in 1992, when the former midfielder was playing for Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough.
Keane once revealed of his encounter with the Nottingham-born beauty: "I spotted a beautiful girl in a club in town.
"Her name was Theresa Doyle but she blanked me.
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"She was in a steady relationship and didn't seem at all impressed by Roy Keane, the great footballer.
"In fact, I think my reputation was as a downer for all kinds of reasons.
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"From time to time we ran into each other around Nottingham.
"I knew some of her friends, who told me Theresa was a dentist's assistant.
"Eventually, after her relationship broke up, she relented and we went out together. I was in love."
They got married in a private ceremony at the Church of Our Lady Crowned in Mayfield, Cork.
Children
Keane and Theresa have five children together — Shannon, Caragh, Aidan, Leah, and Alanna.
When Keane joined Manchester United, the family lived in Bowdon, then moved to a mock tudor mansion in Hale, Greater Manchester.
In 2009 they moved to Woodbridge — a historical market town in Suffolk — to be closer to the new team he was managing, Ipswich Town.
I don’t really mention her in public, but in fairness to her, she has been a rock in my life. Just brilliant. She reads me better than I read myself
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In 2015 they moved out and put the house up for sale.
The former midfielder has got all his kids' names tattooed on his right arm, but not his wife's.
Roy reportedly said: "The wife did ask me why didn't I get hers.
"I said, 'They'll always be my kids but you won't necessarily always be my wife,' which she wasn't too pleased about."
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However he has said that Theresa has him well and truly sussed.
He told The Sunday Times: "I don’t really mention her in public, but in fairness to her, she has been a rock in my life. Just brilliant.
"She reads me better than I read myself."
When he retired in 2006, before going into management, Keane initially planned to spend more time with his family.
He wrote in his autobiography: "My plan when I first stopped was, we’re going to go on some family trips, we’re going to be like the Waltons.
"We’re all going to spend time together, go walk in the park and after a month or two they didn’t have the same plan as me so I think they were kind of missing me going to work.
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"I got offered the job at Sunderland and I was away on a family holiday and my family were looking at me... not saying it directly but going we kind of enjoy your company but not too much of it so when the job came back up they were saying you should go for it."
Roy also has two grandkids — a granddaughter and a grandson.
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