Shane Filan
- NAME: Shane Steven Filan
- BIRTH DATE: July 5, 1979
- BIRTH PLACE: Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
- ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
- EYE COLOR: Hazel Green
- WIFE: Gillian Walsh-Filan
FAVORITES
- MUSIC: Michael Jackson
- MOVIE: Titanic
- ACTOR: Tom Cruise
- ACTRESS: Catherine Zeta-Jones
- FOOD: His mom's home cooking, spaghetti, steak and chips
- COLORS: Black, red, white
- SPORTS: Soccer, horse riding
- SUBJECTS: English, Accountancy
OTHERS
- Shane is very keen in horse riding and has won many comeptitions.
- He is very grumpy in the mornings.
- At age 14, he snogged his girlfriends mates.
- He is capable of doing an amazing Michael Jackson and Ricky Martin impression.
- He is the best dancer of Westlife.
- Shane's wife Gillian gave birth to their second child on 15 September 2008. The baby boy (named Patrick Michael Filan) was also born at Sligo General Hospital.
- Shane shaves several times a day, and even shaves his armpits.
- Before Westlife, Shane used to play rugby for Sligo County, and was even thinking about doing the try-outs for Ireland.
- In 2002 Shane and his sister Mairead opened a clothing shop (a Morgan clothing franchise) in Sligo - which is on the same land that their family restaurant was on for 35 years. (The restaurant closed, and Shane bought the land to open his clothing shop.)
- Shane has cowritten a number of songs such as: "Bop Bop Baby", "Don't Say It's Too Late", "Love Crime", "You Don't Know", "I Wanna Grow Old With You"
- Shane doesn't like rude people, insects, and rain.
- Shane has two German Shepherds, Kaiser and Oscar.
- Shane is the smallest member in the group of Westlife.
- Shane loves designer clothing, especially Dolce and Gabbana.
- Shane loves shopping. He shops more than the rest of the lads.
- Shane can be really moody and he's got a short span of attention, but not in a bad way.
- Shane's biggest dream is for Westlife to be the biggest band in the world.
- Shane has a complete personality, one-minute, he's really mature and then the next minute he's a raving lunatic.
- Shane thinks yoga and all that new age are nonsense.
- Shane's favourite chocolates are Twix and Snickers. And he's a bit of chocoholic.
- Shane used to spend many an hour sweating over a hot chip pan earning extra pocket money in his parent's restaurant.
- Shane won an award, named "2000 Voice of the 21st Century".
- Shane's wife Gillian gave birth to their first child on July 23, 2005, a daughter whom they named Nicole Rose Filan. Nicole weighed 5lbs 7ozs and was born at Sligo General Hospital (the same weight as her father when he was born).
- All of Shane's horses are named Carlton, Carlton Flight, Carlton Clover.
- Shane's wife is Gillian Walsh, who is a cousin of his fellow Westlife bandmate, Kian Egan.
- Has known fellow Westlifers Kian Egan and Mark Feehily since he was a child.
- Shane's musical taste are R&B, chart music and pop.
- He hated Science. He couldn't fathom that at all. He went to College for six months after School and studied Marketing and Accountancy at Limerick Regional College.
- Shane's family are Mum Mae, Dad Peter, Brothers Finbarr, Peter and Liam, Sisters Yvonne, Denise and Mairead. All of Shane’s brothers and sisters are older.
- Shane's nickname is "Sleepy and PC (Pure Class)".
- Shane won trophies for kick-boxing, he did it for two years when he was 10 or 11.
- He joined sligo RFC, he played outside-half number of 10.
- Shane loves accountancy. He got an A with honours in his leaving Certificate.
- He start singing at the age of 12 or 14.
- Shane loves horses - his family has about 50!
- Shane proposed to his girlfriend Gillian Walsh in Dubai, December 2002.
- When younger, Shane won trophies for Show Jumping, Irish dancing and Kick Boxing.
- Shane won the award as 'Most Fanciable Male' at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party [2000].
- Shane and his eldest brother, Finbarr, have a company called Shafin Developments Ltd. They are hoping to expand its portfolio with the proposed construction of 63 luxury apartments at the rear of Lisroyan House, Knappagh Road, Sligo.
- Shane married fiancée Gillian on Sunday, 28th December 2003 at Ballintubber Abbey. The wedding was followed by a huge reception at Ashford Catle, Ireland.
CONFESSIONS
- "During a game of football against a local team in Hong Kong, I missed the ball and kicked the floor hard which really hurt my foot. The next day I was limping badly and all the guys started calling me Sheena because they said I was acting like a big girl!"
- "Every time I've been away, the one thing I look forward to when I get home is an Irish breakfast. So as soon as I'm out of the airport I call my Mum and ask her to start making it for me. It's not the same if anyone else does it! Then when I get in I head for the kitchen and tuck into eggs, bacon, sausage and black pudding!"
- "It was Christmas and I'd been going out with a girl for a couple of weeks, so we didn't know each other that well - but well enough though! You know what it's like buying presents for someone for the first time, it's quite worrying as you're always wondering whether you've done the right thing! Anyway. I'd spent quite a bit of time choosing her presents. I bought her a few things that she'd mentioned she liked and was really pleased with them! When it came to me opening my present, I was really excited. I ripped the paper off and found that she'd bought me a jumper. At first I thought, 'Lovely!', but then I saw it was navy with this red and yellow stripe across it. I really couldn't believe it - it was horrible! The worst thing was though, that I knew it wasn't cheap - she'd spent quite a bit of money on it and I really didn't like it! She'd made me open it in front of her and I just didn't know where to look. I don't think she saw me, though I must have looked quite shocked at first. But quick as you like, I just grinned and said 'Thank you'. I never ever wore it, but she never knew as I broke it off with her a week later! Not 'cause of the jumper, but it was obvious that we weren't suited! Ooh, I'll never forget it, it was awful!"
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