RONAN KEATING

Full Name: Ronan Patrick John Keating
Ronan means: Baby Seal or Little Seal. Ronan is the name of a fifth-century Irish 
             Saint. The female version of Ronan is Rowena or the more modern, Rhona 
             or Rona. 
Nick Name: Tin Tin(because of his hairdo in the early days),Ro-Ro,Ro
Date of Birth: 3rd March 1977
Place Of Birth: Dublin, (more precisly: at home, Bayside, Dublin)
Starsign: Pisces
Family: His parents Marie (unfortunely she has passed away) and Gerry. Brothers Gary, 
        Ciaran and Gerard and sister, Linda. Married to an Irish model, Yvonne 
        Connelly. She is pregnant and they are expecting the baby in March. 
Height: 5'9" (1.75m)
Weight: 10 stone 7lbs (66.68kg)
Shoe Size: 9 (UK)
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Tatoos: 2 chinese characters meaning Warrior.
He is: Very Religious
Hobbies: Running, swimming, car racing
Favourite Colour: Blue, Black
Favourite Food: Pasta and chicken
Favourite Film: State Of Grace, The Breakfast Club
Favourite TV Show: Quantum Leap
Favourite Actor: Christian Slater
Favourite Singer: George Michael, Sting, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye
Favourite Band: Del Amitri
Favourite Song In Said & Done: Father And Son, I'll Be There
Favourite song in A Different Beat: Paradise
Favourite Underwear: Calvin Klein
Favourite Place: Loves New York because 2 of his brothers live there.
Describing himself with 5 words: Honest, generous, happy, sensetive, cautious
Always Says: God Bless
Favorite word: Absolutely
Greatest fear: Snakes
Pets: No pets, but he would like a red setter.
Likes: Like his sleep, to eat pasta and cabbage (togheter), cars, reading poetry 
       on his spare time. He says: "I like Irish authors like W.N Beats and Kavanagh. 
       They give me inspiration to my songlyrics".
Believe in ghosts: Yes
Believe in UFO´s: Yes
Plays: Guitar, Piano
His singing/playing before the band: He always loved singing. He started writing 
                                     songs at school in English classes. He also 
                                     learned to play the guitar.
Was in school: Was guite ok although he says the teachers didn´t like him much
               He did got in some fights when he changed school.Becuse they didn`t 
               liked boys from Dublin. He was a great athlete.
Previous jobs: Shoe shop assistant at corkys. 
First Record: Last Christmas
Sings: Lead vocals, Back vocals
Like girls to be: Themselves
Doesn't like girls who: Pretend to be something there not.
First kiss: When he was 13. He was at a party and a mysterious girl just went up and 
            planted one on him. He never saw her again after that. 
His most embarrassing moment: Forgetting lyrics on stage
Wear in Bed: Boxer Shorts
Ambition: To have a successful music career
Hero: James Dean
His Lucky Plaster: He says "I wear it for luck.Ever since I`ve been in BZ I had the 
                   plaster on my right hand finger. I always worry what would happen 
                   if I dont wear it".
Before every concert: Ronan pressure the other lads to talk about anything in the 
                      world besides about the concert. That keeps them relaxed before 
                      performing. Before Ronan steps on the stage, he allways pray. 
                      He says: "I really believe in that kind of stuff, cause I'm a 
                      bit superstitious. I don't know how much it helps, but I feel 
                      good about it and that's what's important."

DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT RONAN?

His father, Gerry, works in a bottling company. His mother, Marie, used to own a 
beauty saloon. She recently passed away.

He's the youngest in his family. He has three older brothers and an older sister. 

New York is like Ronan's second home. Two of his brothers live there. 


Ronan's third brother Ciaran (lives in Dublin) manages the new boyband 
Brother 2 Brother. 
 
Ronan was kicked out of the church choir because the teacher wasn't satisfied 
with his singing. 

He defines himself as sensitive, paranoid, quiet when he feels like it, and 
considerate of other people. 

As a young boy, he was the best at track running and won a few races in his time 


The first time Ro got drunk was when he was 14. One of his brothers took him 
out for a beer and in the end Ro had to be carried back home. Ronan admits that 
it doesn't take him long to get drunk so he's very careful.

When Ronan first joined Boyzone, he didn't know how to swim! So the other lads 
took up the opportunity, or rather challenge, to teach him. They gave him lessons 
in all the pools in all the hotels they stayed in during their tours!
 
Like Mikey he has a lot of scars. One on his hand and a few on his head from 
the time that a large rock accidently fell on him. 

He always wears a band-aid on a finger on his right hand for luck. 


At the beginning of his life as a singer, he had a girlfriend named Georgina. 
They dated for a year and a half but the enormous amount of pressure that was 
laid on him affected the relationship and they eventually broke up. Georgina 
     was Ronan's first love, even until this day. 

Ronan gets over 2000 letters from fans every week. 


Every night Ronan has his teddybear Cuddles with him when he sleeps. 

 
He´s manager for an Irish boyband, The Carter Twins.

PICTURES

ro black clothes

ro in bcihyt

ro in words

ro singing small picture

ro small picture

ro leaning against a box

ro on a horse

ro singing

ro very cool picture

BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES

ro happy

ro laying in bed

ro looking over his shoulder

ro pointing at you

ro smiling

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