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Sat 09 Sep 2010Inspiring teacher who encouraged others in research and their careers
PROF BARRY RAFTERY:BARRY RAFTERY, who has died aged 66, had a major impact on archaeology in Ireland and Europe over a long and distinguished career. He retired in 2007 as professor of Celtic archaeology in UCD and was the recognised authority on Iron Age Ireland. He was an inspiring teacher and communicator, encouraging others in their research and careers.
His father, Joseph, was keeper of Irish antiquities and subsequently director of the National Museum of Ireland. In 1953, aged 9, he spent the first of two summers working with his father at Lough Gara in Co Sligo. After that there was “not the slightest possibility that I could pursue any career path other than archaeology”.
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