| Birth Date: | 14 September 1930 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Nobber, County Meath, Ireland | ||||||
| Nationality: | Irish | ||||||
| Spouse: | Fiona Stephens | ||||||
| Children: | 4 | ||||||
| Thesis Title: | The Bronze Sword in Ireland | ||||||
| Thesis Year: | 1961 | ||||||
| Discipline: | Archaeologist | ||||||
| Doctoral Advisor: | Frank Mitchell | ||||||
| Known For: | The archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age Ireland | ||||||
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George Eogan, MRIA (14 September 1930 – 18 November 2021)[1] was an Irish archaeologist.[2] [3]
He was born in Nobber, County Meath, and studied at University College Dublin (UCD) and then Trinity College Dublin. In 1965, he was appointed to a lectureship at UCD, becoming a professor in 1979, and also serving as head of department from then until 1995.[4]
Eogan was particularly known for his work over forty years at Knowth, having been director of the Knowth Research Project.[5] In 1968, he became the first person in over a millennium to enter the east-side tomb at the site.[6]
Eogan was also appointed an independent member of Seanad Éireann, serving from 1987 until 1989.[7]