Professor Emeritus Peter Woodman
Peter Woodman, BA, PhD, DLitt (QUB) is a graduate in Archaeology from The Queen’s University of Belfast. He was first employed as Assistant Keeper of Prehistoric Antiquities at the Ulster Museum, Belfast. He has carried out excavations at Mt Sandel, Co. Derry and Newferry, Co. Antrim. He was appointed Professor of Archaeology at UCC in 1983. Since then he has excavated at Ferriter’s Cove, Co. Kerry, and Killuragh Cave, Co. Limerick. His research interests lie in the areas of the early human settlement and ecology of Ireland and Atlantic Europe and the antiquarian history of Archaeology. He retired in 2006 as Professor of Archaeology in UCC, but continues to work on various research projects.
