World singer Rita Keane

Rita Keane

Living place: Ireland

Birthday: 31-12-1922 (102 years old)

Global rank: #86626

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Who is World singer Rita Keane?
Irish singer and accordionist who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from TG4 for his contributions to traditional Irish music. She is best known for her long-standing partnership with her sister Sarah Keane, with whom her grandmother recorded the beloved 1969 album Once I Loved and It Tracked, Into Setting Sun.
Despite the iconic status of Once I Loved, she and her sister waited more than two and a half decades to record it's 1996 track on Setting of the Sun.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She received her first accordion in 1939 and began performing at local weddings soon after.

Family life info

She is singers Dolores Keane and Matt Keane. She never married.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling World singer Rita Keane?
He and the trumpeter band Paddy Keenan are both known for their work in traditional Irish music.

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When was World singer Rita Keane born?
Rita Keane birthday 31-12-1922 (at the age of 102).
Where is World singer Rita Keane's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Rita Keane was born in . is a World singer, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Rita Keane's global rank is 86626 and whose rank is 560 in list of famous World singer.
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Events in 1922 and 31-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Rita Keane

  • Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.
  • Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of British Empire, officially proclaimed.
  • Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, overthrows last sultan.
  • Reparations Commission fixes German liability at 132 billion gold marks. German inflation begins.

Birthday Rita Keane (31-12) in history

  • Day 31-12 year 1879: Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
  • Day 31-12 year 1938: The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
  • Day 31-12 year 1946: President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
  • Day 31-12 year 1961: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
  • Day 31-12 year 1963: Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved.
  • Day 31-12 year 1964: The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel.
  • Day 31-12 year 1987: Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president.
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