So, now that you’re at liamkeane.com you might be wondering “who is this?” Well, I’m a nineteen year old Californian. I grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley and I am currently a student at UC Santa Barbara.*
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet”
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Every once in a while I do a search on Google for the name “Liam Keane”. This site is usually at the top but there are (as of 12/06) 705 results for the exact phrase “liam keane”. A lot of these results are not about me, but about other people who I share my name with. Interestingly, many of the results are about a man, three years older than me, from Limerick, Ireland who was acquitted in a controversial August 2001 trial after being accused of murder. After seeing numerous documents discussing my infamous namesake, I began to wonder how many other namesakes I might have and what they where known for.
So, using Google to perform an exact phrase search as well as other wildcard searches, I found a few additional references to those using this name. It appears there are at least 30 Liam Keanes and these are just the ones referenced on the internet; there are likely many more not online. Here are the results:
People named Liam Keane:
| # | DOB | Description | City | Reg. | Country | Site | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? | solicitors, Liam Keane & Co. | Dunsaughlin | Meath | Ireland | yes | 1 |
| 2 | ? | computer services, Direct IT | Cahir | Tipperary | Ireland | yes | 1 |
| 3 | ? | acquitted after being accused of murder | Ballysimon | Limerick | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 4 | ? | hurling selector – 1999, GAA club secretary – 2006 | Newcastle West | Limerick | Ireland | ? | 12 |
| 5 | ? | on-farm inspector, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency | ? | ? | Canada | ? | 1 |
| 6 | 2006-01 | child | Palm Springs | California | USA | ? | 1 |
| 7 | ? | rode a hovercraft for 45 minutes | ? | Mayo | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 8 | ? | ?, has a wife - Maria | Quin | Clare | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 9 | ? | Product Management and Services, Tecnomen Ireland | Shannon | Clare | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 10 | ? | ?, has a wife - Betty | Sallynoggin | Dublin | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 11 | ? | Traveller Health, IAP Monitoring Committee, Scouting Ireland | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | Ireland | ? | 1, 2, 3 |
| 12 | ? | bicyclist sponsored by Kanturk Credit Union, cousin of author! | Kanturk | Cork | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 13 | 1988 | studying Medicine at the university of Aberdeen | Wormit | Fife | Scotland | yes | 1, 2 |
| 14 | ? | real estate, Reuben Brothers SA | Geneva | Geneva | Switzerland | yes | 1 |
| 15 | 1990 (~) | Taekwondo student (traditional, yellow) | Launceston | Tasmania | Australia | ? | 1 |
| 16 | 1990 (~) | cricket player | Cornwall | Auckland | New Zealand | ? | 1 |
| 17 | 1996 (~) | competed in the long jump (3.53 m) | ? | Victoria | Australia | ? | 1 |
| 18 | ? | real estate agent | White Rock | BC | Canada | yes | 1 |
| 19 | 1972 | ran 10 miles in 1:15:49, holds US patent 6904994, Caterpillar | Apex | NC | USA | ? | 1, 1 |
| 20 | ? | Broadway Village Parish Councilor | Broadway | Worcestershire | England | ? | 1 |
| 21 | ? | dart player | New York | NY | USA | ? | 1 |
| 22 | ? | ran a 5k, has a son – Sean | Bellingham | WA | USA | ? | 1 |
| 23 | ? | Listowel Emmets (GAA) team captain (2006 Div. 1 Senior County League) | Listowel | Kerry | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 24 | ? | "Father Liam Keane", St. Annes, Fairfield | Fairfield | Lancashire | England | ? | 1 |
| 25 | 2005~ | Liam Leonard Keane, "descendant of High King Brian ‘Boru' (via YDNA)" | Wakefield? | MA | USA | ? | 1 |
| 26 | ? | sold a raffle ticket to raise funds for a basketball team | Medfield | MA | USA | ? | 1 |
| 27 | ? | cartoonist | ? | West Midlands | England | ? | 1 |
| 28 | ? | hosts “Dublin’s best mix of country music”, Wed. 9pm - 103.8 FM Dublin | Dublin | Dublin | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 29 | 1992~ | soccer player, played in the 2006 University of Ulster Foyle Cup | Ballybofey? | Donegal | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 30 | ? | Driver Testing and Licensing, Department of Transportation | Dublin? | Dublin | Ireland | ? | 1 |
| 31 | ? | GAA player – Seattle Gaels, GAA secretary | Seattle | WA | USA | 1, 2 | |
| 32 | ? | William J. Keane, president of Enviro Dynamics | Wash. DC | DC | USA | yes | 1 |
Others:
name: Kim Kaminski
from: Germany ?
desc: referred to as “Kim Liam Keane”, photographer
web: kim-kaminski.de [link]
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name: Liam Keane
desc: a character in some Harry Potter fan-fiction, has a brother – Tiernan
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2009 Update: I first compiled this list of references to the name “Liam Keane” in December 2006. As I wrote then, for the exact phrase “liam keane”, Google returned 705 results. Now a search for the exact phrase results in ‘about 15,400 results’ according to Google. (However, Google only returns the first 408 (or sometimes 514) results and the rest are ‘omitted’ for being very similar.) Among a few I scanned I saw a real estate agent, someone engaged to a Sarah Hides, a teacher in Coulsdon, England, a teacher in Clare, and a player on the Feale Rangers. Beyond a brief scan, I don’t have time to go through 15k results so who knows how many unique results there are. However, searching social networks there’s now 4 Liam Keanes on Twitter, 33 on MySpace, about 40 on Bebo, and 41 on Facebook. So there is somewhere between 41 and 110 Liam Keanes. All these plus likely many others without online references to them!
So, that’s the list. If you notice any mistakes or if you have a suggestion for an addition, feel free to contact me and I’ll update this post. If you are one of the Liam Keanes out there, I’d just like to say hi and thanks for stopping by. If you would like a link to your site just let me know. Also, comments are welcome below. Cheers namesakes!
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you have too much time on your hands, but i love effort…this site is my new favorite, i think you should drop out of school and focus full time on updating this site, multiple times a day. ha.
I’m glad you like it Nico! Blogging as a professional is an interesting idea but I really don’t have that much to say. Anyway, I hope you’re having a good break. Happy holidays my friend!
you know who liam keane is? someone with a deactivated facebook account. i embarrassed that it only took like half an hour before i noticed. that video was good stuff. but am i the one who likes kittens or who likes the gold standard? if you say the first one, i’m never talking to you again.
enjoy your vow of silence.
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You can add one more to your site. My son turned 3 today is Liam Keane.
Hey im up there twice, i’m “that guy” on bebo live in wormit scotland born 1987 and i also won the pink kangeroo, live in Fife Scotland, born 1989, i was actually born in 1988 so you were almost there. Am now currently studying Medicine at the university of Aberdeen.
desc: “Liam Leonard Keane, 52nd generation from Niall Niogiallach Rigdomna”
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Hello!
Interesting site. I’m surprised there are so many of them!
I am the grandfather of the above Liam Leonard Keane (who is only 2 years old). A correction is in order. When that old pedigree was posted Y-DNA results had not yet been obtained. Traditional pedigrees would say that he and I are descended from the 5th entury King Niall Niogiallach (“of The Nine Hostages”). Y-DNA seems to disagree and it appears that at least the chiefly line is of Dalcassian origin, descended from the tribal group of High King Brian ‘Boru’. Prior to about 1000 AD the traditional pedigrees are not accurate – probably altered for political reasons.
Anyone bearing the KEANE name who would be interested in joining my Y-DNA Project please feel free to contact me. I’ll opt not to divulge the residence of the little guy
Cheers,
The O’Cahan
Hi,
We’re in Donegal and my son Liam will be 7 in February and, like you, has an interest in making short films :) Take a look at his Super Hero movie, “Kid Scorpion” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVjXzUI788g
Well done with your film – nice to see that creativity is alive and well in the amateur film industry!
All the best!
Hey, My Name is liam Keane Too!
Hi. Im also Liam Keane. Im from Quin co. Clare. Born in 1970, im a teacher and also run a cafe wine bar in mountshannon co. Clare! We make the best pizza!
Liam,
Could you please send me your email. I would like to send you something that might be useful to your website News Off the Press. Thanks.
I am trying to find Liam Keane, somewhere in Ireland, was a TV engineer, worked with him in Hendon, London around 1985 to 1991
Get in touch Liam. You will find me on facebook.
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hi liam
my name is also liam keane i did not think there were so many of us!!!!!!!
i live in guildford surrey england
Hi Liam,
I work with the LK in Tecnomen and I’m afraid he is a complete a**hole. Not just my oppinion but about 95% of the employees. What makes it worse is he is the boss so makes peoples life hell.