Rathgall Hillfort is a site of exceptional importance for Irish archaeology, with its concentration of artifactual evidence unmatched by anywhere else in the country.
Barry Raftery (16 August 1944 - 22 August 2010) was an Irish archaeologist and academic. He is best known for his pioneering work in wetland archaeology and Irish Age hillforts in Ireland. He was Professor of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin (UCD) for more than thirty years and served as chair of the Department of Celtic Archaeology at UCD from 1996 to his retirement in 2007.
