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.
[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.