Roy Keane’s daughter explains business she launched after incurable disease left her bed-bound

The daughter of Manchester United legend Roy Keane, Caragh Keane has had many health struggles in her life, but she has leant on her experience to create a new brand

Roy Keane’s daughter Caragh has opened up about her battle with lupus which left her bed bound for months. In 2021, Caragh, 29, was diagnosed with the chronic auto-immune disease which causes the body’s immune system to attack healthy parts of the body.

She visited the doctor when she was suffering from blistered skin, joint pains and hair loss. Caragh, who was a teacher by trade at the time, was so affected by the condition, she had to resign from her role a school in Manchester.

However, she is firmly on the road to recovery and her business ‘Superkeen,’ a gut-friendly cereal brand, is also thriving. Her resilience has made her former Manchester United captain father very proud, particularly when it comes to the health struggles she has experienced.

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In an interview with talkSPORT, she opened up about the work she has put into the business. Caragh, while also explaining her health battles, said: “It was around five years ago.

“I started getting these symptoms, which ranged from really painful joints to hair loss and blistered skin. I thought it was because I was stressed at the time.

“I was teaching and I was thinking, ‘Oh, I’m just really tired’. I was falling asleep while I was driving and things like that.

“I was thinking, ‘God, this is a bit bizarre,’ but I was just thinking, ‘Yeah, we’ll see how we go on. It must be stress.’

“Until I just physically couldn’t move and was essentially bed bound for around three months. I wasn’t able to teach. I was always quite sporty and love being active, so it was a real shock when I just wasn’t able to do those things anymore.

“That led me to start researching gut health and just overall wellness. I hadn’t heard of lupus before being diagnosed. So it’s one of those things where it was a real shock to hear that.”

Caragh is one of five children Keane had with his wife Theresa. She has three sisters – Alanna, Shannon and Leah – and one brother named Aidan.

When the United skipper was in the headlines, he and Theresa did their best to keep their children out of the limelight. Now they have all grown up, the pair are doing anything they can to publicly support their children’s ventures.

Asking what role her famous father and mother have been playing, Caragh added: “Me and mum go, we do all the food events. I love that part of it and chatting to people. They’ve been involved with every aspect of it from emotional support and checking on me.

“They’re saying, ‘How are you getting on?’ And I love spending time with my family. So I drag them along to these food events.”

Keane also gave her some publicity by bringing some of her cereal in to the Stick to Football podcast, which he takes part in with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and other guests. After handing out the boxes, he said: “My daughter Caragh has got a company with health stuff. I am proud, very proud.”

Wright replied: “I’m really pleased because of what she’s gone through and, I’m not just saying it, it tastes good. I’m really pleased for her.”

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