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Boyzone singer Keith Duffy had a proud dad moment as his daughter Mia, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, showed off her impressive Titanic knowledge<\/p>\n

12:13, 09 Feb 2026Updated 12:13, 09 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Keith Duffy with daughter Mia(Image: Press Association Images)<\/p>\n

A Boyzone<\/a> star paid special tribute to workers at the Titanic museum for going above and beyond for his daughter. Keith Duffy<\/a>‘s daughter Mia, 25, who was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, was offered a private tour of the Belfast-based attraction.<\/p>\n

Keith, 51, has campaigned for autism awareness since his daughter’s diagnosis and has raised funds through his Keith Duffy Foundation for other children effected. But it was a recent trip north of the border for the Irish star that brought a lot of joy for himself and Mia. Explaining how his daughter’s specialist subject is doomed ship Titanic, he discussed how he organised a private tour for her.<\/p>\n

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Keith and his daughter toured the Titanic museum in Belfast(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

After explaining to the museum about his daughter’s condition which impacts her dealing with queues, the singer was thrilled the attraction stepped up and offered them a private tour before the doors opened to the public.<\/p>\n

Keith found himself in awe of his daughter’s vast knowledge during the trip, saying she quickly took over the tour guide when it came to hosting duties.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph<\/a>, the proud dad said: “I could see her getting very anxious and I didn\u2019t know what was wrong, and the young lady was a little embarrassed because it was me, you could see she was self-conscious.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe says, \u2018Now this is the engine room and on the left side of the engine room, which is the portside, they didn\u2019t fire up the engines unless they needed to get to speed, they predominately used the right side so the riveting bolts for the steel patches, they used 365,000 bolts for each sheet.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this stage the hand goes up from Mia, \u2018Actually it was the starboard side that they used 365,000, it was 265,000 on this side because they didn\u2019t burn the engine as great.\u2019 And she starts giving all these facts.”<\/p>\n

Keith went on to say how Mia continued to reel off information about the voyage, correcting the tour guide on occasion. It was then that Keith joked to the tour guide she could join him and let Mia take over the discussion.<\/p>\n

“I said to the girl, \u2018You come over here,\u2019 and she came over and I put my arm round her and said, \u2018Me and you will take the tour, we\u2019ll let Mia give it.\u2019 So I said, \u2018Alright Mia, you tell us about it now!\u2019 So she took over and look, it was great craic.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Boyzone ready to reunite, the singer also revealed there is no rivalry with fellow Irish artists, Westlife. For years, the two bands were under the same umbrella, with fans divided as to who they liked most.<\/p>\n

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Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden of Boyzlife (Image: PA)<\/p>\n

But Keith has admitted he sees “no rivalry” between the groups. It comes as he continues to also tour with Westlife star Brian McFadden The duo have been performing under the identity, BoyzLife.<\/p>\n

And he said starring in the duo forced him to relearn how to sing Boyzone songs. He claimed he needed to go back to the drawing board after he spent much of his time in the band on backing vocals.<\/p>\n

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