Dublin Artist Paints All 11 of Roy Keane's Red Cards — SkimNews
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- Seánie Harte, a Dublin-based painter, created a Red Card series documenting all 11 red cards Roy Keane received while playing for Manchester United in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- Harte was inspired by Keane's appearances on the Stick to Football podcast, where he recounted his dismissals with blunt humor — including the 1995 stamp on Gareth Southgate: "Gareth deserved that. Gareth lunged at me."
- The exhibition "Sent Off: Paintings of Every Roy Keane Red Card" opens at Hen's Teeth in Dublin on 3 September, with each painting paired with a Keane one-liner.
- One-liners include "People annoy me" over the Alan Shearer scuffle, "Yeah it was reckless. I enjoyed it" over the Gus Poyet challenge, and "I don't think that tackle was that bad" over the revenge foul on Alf-Inge Haaland.
- Harte, 36, works as a graphic designer designing billing systems and returned to painting two years ago as a creative outlet; he also paints Father Ted scenes and other football moments.
- Keane's representatives were contacted for comment but did not respond; a former teammate told Harte that Keane would "probably love them but say he doesn't."
Why it matters: Harte's exhibition reframes Keane's most notorious on-pitch moments through color and humor, with Harte planning to expand into painting Keane's positive career achievements — a second body of work that could define his niche. The show opens 3 September at Hen's Teeth in Dublin.
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