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• Who is Liam Keane?

  Posted: 21 Dec 2006 01:24 PM CST

  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. Anyway, this is a site I use as an online notebook to write about whatever.

  “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet”

  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, some rather rough in subject, 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. Here are the results:

  People named Liam Keane:

  from: Dunsaughlin, Co. Meath, Ireland
  desc: solicitors, Liam Keane & Co.
  web: liamkeaneandco.ie (offline)
  [source]

  from: Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
  desc: computer services, Direct IT
  web: direct-it.ie [link]
  [source]

  from: Ballysimon, Co. Limerick, Ireland
  desc: aquitted after being accused of murder
  [source]

  from: Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland
  desc: hurling selector - 1999 [source], GAA club secretary - 2006 [source]

  from: Canada
  desc: on-farm inspector, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
  [source] (pdf)

  from: Palm Springs, CA, USA
  born: Jan 2006
  [source]

  from: Co. Mayo, Ireland
  desc: spent £37.00 to ride a hovercraft for 45 minutes
  [source]

  from: Quin, Co. Clare, Ireland
  desc: wife - Maria
  [source] (pdf)

  from: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland
  desc: head, Product Management and Services, Tecnomen Ireland
  [source] (archive)

  from: Sallynoggin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
  desc: wife - Betty
  [source]

  from: Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
  desc: Regional Co-ordinator for Traveller Health and Homelessness [source], IAP Monitoring Committee member [source] (pdf), 25 year volunteer with Scouting Ireland [source] (pdf)

  from: Kanturk, Co. Cork, Ireland
  desc: bicyclist, sponsored by Kanturk Credit Union
  note: this individual is the cousin of the author
  [source]

  from: Wormit, Scotland
  born: 1987
  web: that—-guy.bebo.com [link]

  from: Geneva, Switzerland
  desc: real estate, Reuben Brothers SA
  [source]

  from: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  desc: taekwondo student (traditional, yellow)
  born: ~1990
  [source]

  from: Cronwall, New Zealand
  desc: cricket player
  born: ~1990
  [source]

  from: Victoria, Australia
  desc: competed in the long jump (3.53 m)
  born: ~1996
  [source] (pdf)

  from: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
  desc: real estate agent
  web: homelifewhiterock.ca/liamkeane/ [link]

  from: Apex, NC, USA
  desc: ran 10 miles in 1:15:49
  born: 1972
  [source]

  from: The Cotswolds, England
  desc: Broadway Village Parish Councilor
  [source]

  from: Fife, Scotland
  desc: won the “Pink Kangaroo Award” in the 2003 UK Intermediate Maths Challenge
  born: ~1989
  [source]

  from: New York, NY, USA
  desc: plays darts
  [source]

  from: Bellingham, WA, USA
  desc: ran a 5k, has a son - Sean
  [source]

  from: Co. Kerry, Ireland
  desc: Listowel Emmets (GAA) team captain (2006 Division 1 Senior County League)
  [source]

  from: Lancashire, England
  desc: “Father Liam Keane”, St. Annes, Fairfield
  [source]

  from: Wakefield, MA, USA ?
  desc: “Liam Leonard Keane, 52nd generation from Niall Niogiallach Rigdomna”
  [source]

  from: Medfield, MA, USA
  desc: sold a raffle ticket to raise funds for a basketball team
  [source]

  from: West Midlands, England
  desc: cartoonist
  [source]

  from: Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
  desc: hosts a radio show from Trinity - Country Style, “Dublin’s best mix of country music”, Wednesdays at 9:05pm on 103.8 FM Dublin
  [source]

  from: Ballybofey ?, Co. Donegal, Ireland
  desc: soccer player, played in the 2006 University of Ulster Foyle Cup
  born: ~1992
  [source]

  from: Dublin ?, Ireland
  desc: Assistant Principal Officer, Driver Testing and Licensing Section, Department of Transportation
  [source]

  from: Seattle, WA, USA / Dublin, Ireland ?
  desc: GAA player - Seattle Gaels [source], secretary of GAA’s Dispute’s Resolution Authority [source]

  from: unknown
  desc: US patent 6904994, Horizontal transmission and oil system for telehandlers, registered to “Liam W. Keane” of Caterpillar Inc.
  [source]

  Others:

  name: William J. Keane
  from: Washington, DC, USA
  desc: referred to as “Dr. Liam Keane”, president of Enviro Dynamics
  web: 2edi.com [link]
  [source]

  name: Kim Kaminski
  from: Germany ?
  desc: referred to as “Kim Liam Keane”, photographer
  web: kim-kaminski.de [link]
  [source]

  Fictional characters:

  name: Liam Keane
  desc: a character in some Harry Potter fan-fiction, has a brother - Tiernan
  [source]

  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 or if you’d like me to redirect some mail with a liamkeane.com address to you, I’d be happy to help. Also, comments are welcome below. Alright, rock on namesakes!