2000: won the award as 'Most Fanciable Male' at the Smash Hits Poll
Winners Party.
He loves horses - his family has about 50!
His wife Gillian is a cousin of his fellow Westlifer Kian Egan.
Three older sisters: Yvonne, Denise and Mairead.
Has three older brothers: Finnbarr, Peter and Liam.
His parents are Mae and Peter Filan
He went to Summer Hill College
Appeared in school productions of Grease and Oliver Twist playing Danny
and the Artful Dodger.
When younger, Shane won trophies for Show Jumping, Irish dancing and
Kick Boxing.
Proposed to girlfriend Gillian Walsh in Dubai, December 2002
Has three children together with his wife Gillian Falan, and a daughter Nicole Rose Filan (b. July 23, 2005), and two sons Patrick Michael Filan (b. September 14, 2008), and Shane Peter Filan (b. January 22, 2010).