While he never makes a big deal about it, Roy Keane's generosity is well-known at home and abroad.
One particular example of it was recalled by retired journalist Tommie Gorman while he appeared on The Late Late Show.
Keane's name had been inevitably brought up as despite having a varied career with the national broadcaster, Gorman is best-known for being the one charged with interviewing the Cork native in the wake of him being sent home from the 2002 World Cup.
That story is well-told but this one of Keane going all-out to ensure a sick boy from Derry got treated like a VIP at a Man United match isn't.
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"Maybe people are aware of, but maybe they're not fully aware of how good he is.
"Over the years he has done wonderful work for children in particular who are ill, in some cases children who are terminally ill.
"I saw an example with a young lad from Derry. Martin McGuinness rang me once and said, 'can you get this family in to meet Roy Keane?'
"It was a Thursday and they wanted to go to a match on the Saturday at Old Trafford.
"Michael Kennedy was Roy Keane's agent at the time. Gorgeous man. I got into touch with him.
"They went over to Old Trafford. United were playing Southampton.
"After the game, Roy Keane came out to look for the young lad, brought him into the player's lounge, took off his jersey, signed the jersey, and gave it to him."
Sadly, the boy passed away a couple of months after that trip to see The Red Devils play.
But in a sign of how much comfort Keane gave to his family, Gorman added a recent detail to the tale.
He added: "A few months ago I was in the home of that family.
"They told me their son died a few months later but the night in the hotel he was so touched to have the jersey that he was going to put it in the hotel safe in case it was stolen.
'All these years later, the Logue family in Derry are still having an annual walk, raising funds for youngsters with cancer, and that's part of Roy Keane's legacy."
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