Personal Life
Keane was born to Frank Keane, a doctor from County Mayo, and the former Miriam Slattery (from Tralee, County Kerry). Dillie Keane was raised in Portsmouth as a Roman Catholic, and described her mother as something of a "dragon".
She currently lives in Oxfordshire with her partner. She travels for her work, and particularly enjoys working in Ireland, the homeland of her parents.
She drives a Ford Transit: "I'm colossally uninterested in cars... but vans are different. They're incredible fun to drive. You are practically always the bigger dog. People always back up in small country lanes to let you pass. And even lorry drivers are much nicer; they'll flash you to let you in."
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