Beginning his career as a barrister practising in Cork, he went on to become a senior law lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), now South East Technological University (SETU).

He retired from the post in 2015 but continued to write, publishing the sixth edition of his authoritative Keating on Probate in 2019.

Dr Keating passed away on Saturday in the care of Cork University Hospital and was buried at St Colman’s Cemetery in Macroom yesterday.