Welcome
Galway Archaeological Field School
The Galway Archaeological Field School provides students with hands-on experience of the archaeology and architecture of medieval Ireland. We specialise in this field and seek to immerse our students in the wealth of medieval castles, churches and monasteries which lie scattered across the Irish landscape.
We offer our students:
Our Courses
The Galway Archaeological Field School will offer one course in 2025 and transferable Academic Credit is available to all students. We aim to provide high quality tuition to all our students and this will be achieved through small class sizes, professional tuition and close on-site supervision. We are primarily an educational institution and so we design our courses and select our survey and excavation sites with one important thing in mind – the provision of first-class training opportunities for our students.
Course 1
Castles, Cloisters and Churches: The Architecture of Medieval Ireland
This two-week course will investigate the architecture and archaeology of the castles, churches and cloisters of medieval Ireland….
Course 2
Introduction to Archaeological Excavation
This four-week course will introduce students to the practicalities of archaeological excavation and provide them with hands-on…
Course 3
Recording Methods in Archaeological Survey and Excavation
This four-week course, designed for students with some experience of archaeological excavation, seeks to develop their on-site skills to…
Latest News
Read about our latest activities, discoveries and thoughts…
Planning for Summer 2025
We are busy planning for Summer 2025 and look forward to welcoming students to Galway once again. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we
Planning underway for Summer 2023
Galway Archaeological Field School had a very busy year in 2022, our first year back after the COVID pandemic forced us to cancel our plans
How field schools can cope with COVID-19
The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 brought field school activity to a halt in Ireland and elsewhere across the summer. Courses were
Why come to Galway? Five things to consider…
It’s a busy time of year for students, especially those considering studying abroad in the summer months, and many students of anthropology, archaeology and history
Galway named as the friendliest city in Europe!
We were delighted to see that Galway was recently named as the friendliest city in Europe in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards 2020!
