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The late John Kerry Keane was owner and editor of the Kilkenny People for four decades
The well-known Irish businessman John Kerry Keane has died, peacefully after a long illness.
For 40 years, he was the proprietor, publisher and editor of the Kilkenny People - a role he took on in the early 1960s when he was in his early 20s. Throughout his career as editor and publisher, John Kerry played an important role in the combined affairs of the Provincial Newspapers Association and the Irish Master Printers Association, later helping set up the Regional Newspapers Advertising Network.
In 1990, he spearheaded one of the most ambitious initiatives ever mounted by a provincial newspaper publisher and printer, with the purchase of the Freshford-based Wellbrook Press and the consolidation of its printing operations with his own at Purcellsinch. The Kilkenny People group later expanded its stable of newspapers, acquiring the Clonmel Nationalist and the Tipperary Star; the three titles and print plant were sold in 2000. He explored and maintained numerous other business interests and community involvements in the years that followed.
John Kerry Keane, – Crans Montana, Switzerland and formerly of Blackrock, Dublin and Kilkenny, passed away on March 13, 2026, peacefully after a long illness.
Beloved husband of Leonora (née Murray) and truly loved father of Adriana, the late Andrea (deceased 1990), Tanya and Leo. John will be very sadly missed and forever loved by his adored grandchildren Amber, Lauren, Charlotte, Gracie May, Andrew, George, John Joseph and Helena, sons-in-law Alan McGilton and Conor MacManus, the late Bryan McSharry (deceased 2023), extended family and his many friends from his wonderful life adventures in Ireland and around the world.
DEATH NOTICES IN KILKENNY
A Funeral Mass to celebrate John’s life will take place on Wednesday (March 18) at noon in the Church of the Assumption, Booterstown (A94 NW53), followed by burial in Deansgrange Cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donations, if desired, to the Irish Heart Foundation. All enquiries to Massey Bros. Funeral Directors, Blackrock at (01) 280 4454.
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