Raymond Crotty
| Raymond Crotty | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 January 1925 Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Died | 1 January 1994 (aged 68) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Farmer, economist, writer, lecturer |
| Known for | Opposition to Ireland's membership of the European Union |
Raymond Crotty (22 January 1925 – 1 January 1994) was an Irish farmer, Georgist economist, writer, lecturer and campaigner against Ireland's membership of the European Union.
In 1987 he mounted a successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court against the government's attempt to ratify the Single European Act without reference to the people in a referendum.
Raymond Crotty grew up in Kilkenny town. While a student at St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny he began breeding pigs in his spare time. Rather than move on to university, Crotty pursued his interest in agriculture by going to work for a farmer relative in 1942. A year later he undertook a 12-month course at the Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, Dublin. In 1945, Crotty purchased a 204-acre (0.83 km2) farm in Dunbell, not far from Kilkenny, and spent the next two decades putting into practice his developing knowledge of agricultural production.
In 1956, while still a farmer, Crotty enrolled as a distance-learning student at the University of London, obtaining a BSc(Econ.) degree in 1959. He spent two further years studying for a MSc(econ.) degree at the London School of Economics. In 1961, he obtained a post as lecturer in Agricultural Economics at University of Wales, Aberystwyth. During the 1960s, Crotty sold his farm and became an economic adviser to various development agencies, including the World Bank. His work brought him to various parts of the developing world, including Latin America, India, and Africa. In 1976 he received a fellowship at the University of Sussex. In 1982, he became a lecturer in statistics at Trinity College, Dublin.
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