27th March 2006, 11:29 AM
The Irish system requires you to know your Irish archaeology if you are going to be running sites. I know a few 'foreign directors' in Eire, as well as a few who failed to become licensed due to gaps in their knowledge (for those who are not familiar- you need to know your chronologies, artefact types, site types, i.e. difference between a ringed inclosure and and ringed fort). Never came across or saw any racist or nationalist connotations in Irish archaeology.