We Need to Talk About Roy : The Keaneification of Modern Ireland

No Irish sportsperson has captivated a nation quite like Roy Keane. Across nearly four decades—from promising teenager to grey-bearded influencer—he has transcended sport itself, redefining fame and becoming both national treasure and national argument. We Need to Talk About Roy offers a fascinating portrait of modern Ireland through the lens of its greatest footballer. This remarkable book explores how Keane's life and times mirror the country that made him, touching on drink, religion, United, begrudgery, the Celtic Tiger, and the watershed moment of Saipan. His progress and pitfalls are uniquely intertwined with Ireland's own revolutions and evolution. A refreshing and entertaining examination of how one man's story became the story of an entire nation. He is of Ireland. Ireland is of him.