Pierce Brosnan Celebrates Wife Keely's 59th Birthday with Tropical Pic: 'So Many Years of Love'

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Pierce Brosnan/Instagram

Happy birthday,Keely Shaye Brosnan!

The wife ofPierce Brosnancelebrated her 59th birthday on Sunday, and her actor marked the special occasion with a sentimentalInstagram post.

“Happy Birthday my darling @KeelyShayeBrosnan,” Pierce, 69, wrote alongside a tropical photo of the pair.

“I love you dearly. So many years of love, life, work and play,” he added. “Onwards we go!”

“Happy Birthday ‘nutty Keely’ the sweetest ever!” wrote Wilson, 65, as Crawford, 56, said, “Happy birthday beautiful, soulful @keelyshayebrosnan ! 🌸.”

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Pierce and Keely tied the knot in Ireland in August 2001. They share two sons together: Dylan, 25, and Paris, 21.

Back in 2016, Pierce gushed over his wife, telling theIndependentin March of that year, “I love her vitality, her passion. She has this strength that I wouldn’t be able to live without. When Keely looks at me, I go weak.”

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The following year, Piercetold PEOPLEthat spending quality time together is a key ingredient ofthe pair’s happy marriage.

“My wife and I took a short road trip up to Santa Barbara — we were going for a romantic weekend and to look at houses and drink great wine,” he said at the time. “We didn’t listen to any music, but we just listened to the sounds of each other’s voices and sorted out the world.”

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Last September, Pierce shared asnapshotof his longtime love in a swimsuit on Instagram to celebrate her 58th birthday.

“My beautiful luscious love Keely on her 58th trip around the sun yesterday,” Pierce captioned the post. “Apres swim, making coconut water.💥❤️💥❤️💥 Happiest of birthdays it was!”

source: people.com