Dr. Theresa McDonald MIAI
NUIG Local Academic Director
Theresa McDonald, PhD., Local Academic Director (National University of Ireland, Galway) for Achill Archaeological Field School Theresa founded the Achill Archaeological Field School in 1991, the first of its kind in Ireland, with an emphasis on in-depth training and state of the art archaeological research. The School is a fully accredited Field School of the […]
Eve Campbell PhD MIAI
Director of Fieldwork
Eve Campbell is an historical archaeologist and heritage specialist. In 2005 she graduated with a first class honours degree in history and archaeology from NUIG, where she was awarded the Hynes Prize. In 2012 she completed a PhD investigating the archaeology of the Cromwellian Transplantation to Connacht and Clare as an IRCHSS scholar. She has […]
Dolores Kilbane-McNamara
Field School Co-Ordinator
Dolores, as Field School co-ordinator, provides support and direction in a number of areas to assist in the Field School management and operation. Dolores deals with all matters relating to the Field School student application process. Dolores is a core member of the Field School team. Dolores qualified with a Level 5 ECDL in computer […]
Carolyn Howle
Supervisor
Carolyn Howle graduated summa cum laude from the Honors College at the College of Charleston in 2016 with a BA in Archaeology, a BS in Anthropology, and minors in Irish and Irish American Studies and Religious Studies. She went on to complete to MA in Archaeological Excavation in 2017 from the University College Cork. Her […]
Marissa Miller
Supervisor (Trainee)
Marissa Miller is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, double majoring in History and Anthropology and minoring in Archaeology. During Achill Field School’s 2017 season, she participated in the excavation of ‘Chromlech Tumulus’ for the six-week program. During the excavation, Marissa worked in an area that turned out to be a ‘fulacht fia’ […]
Gary Dempsey
Photogrammetry Expert
Gary Dempsey is 3D Environmental Designer and Historical Researcher with RealSim Ltd, a Galway based company specialising in the production of highly realistic interactive and passive 3D simulations of real world environments; which include applications for historical environmental re-construction, marine simulation and urban planning. He is also the current Events Officer with the Virtual Heritage […]
Etain O’Connor
IT Specialist
Etain, Administrator at the Field School, assists the management and coordinator at the Field School. Etain deals with the Field School Library, I.T. and daily running of the School. With a Diploma in IT Training, Etain has many years experience in teaching and IT management.
Rena Maguire
Tutor, Drawing Archaeological Finds
A PhD candidate at Queen’s University Belfast, Rena is currently researching equestrianism as a cultural intrusion to late prehistoric Ireland. Her MSc study looked at Jamestown Bog County Meath as a multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study to assess human activity in a ritual landscape during the Irish Iron Age.
