- Has known fellow Westlifers Kian Egan and Mark Feehily since he was a child.
- 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).
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