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Martin Doody (â ) was an archaeologist and lecturer in the Archaeology Department of University College Cork. He was a significant archaeologist of the Bronze Age in Ireland, with a number of books to his credit. He contributed to the Discovery Programme Reports No. 2 and No. 5.