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The Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology Welcome to The Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology (IFPA), where first-class education and

We are a National University of Ireland, Galway fieldschool and the only archaeological fieldschool singularly focused on Ireland's prehistory. We have just completed a three year campaign of excavation concentrated on Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age megaliths - wedge tombs. This project is now in its post excavation phase and several publications are on the way. In 2018, we will commence a new campaign of excavation concentrating on barrows and the later Bronze/Iron Age.

Archaeological conference in Belgrade September 2025 - EAA - Interesting session on 'Archaeological Adventures: the bene...
05/02/2025

Archaeological conference in Belgrade September 2025 - EAA - Interesting session on 'Archaeological Adventures: the benefits and challenges of working in multiple countries and/or systems' Deadline has been extended until 10 February - Get your abstracts in now!

Beautiful publication!
22/10/2024

Beautiful publication!

12/09/2024

Great video on Archaeology at Galway University.

Approximately 125 years after he carved his name in this tree William Butler Yeats revisited it, from the side of a wate...
14/04/2024

Approximately 125 years after he carved his name in this tree William Butler Yeats revisited it, from the side of a water bottle…. I wonder what he would have made of it????

Give this a watch!
09/03/2024

Give this a watch!

Following the clairvoyant practices of poets of ancient Ireland, a young man in present day Limerick, seeks answers from the Otherworld.Directed by Shane Ser...

08/03/2024

Every now and then, an artefact spills the tea on multiple eras of the past. Take this gem, a chipped flint flake, unearthed from the ruins of a half-plundered building in the pre-Famine village of Scramoge.
Crafted from top-notch white flint around 6-7000 years ago, this small find has a history! Despite being buried in soil, its mint condition hints at a mysterious past - possibly moonlighting as a good luck charm.
Archaeologist Marion Dowd has dived into this intriguing history, shedding light on how these stone tools were once believed to be magical 'fairy darts,' used to cure sick animals.
To learn more, read our article by Dr Eve Campbell and Dr Conor Brady.
https://www.tii.ie/technical-services/archaeology/seandaezine/mesolithic-scramoge/

This archaeological project is due to start soon and will be running for around 18 months.... Want to work on it? Follow...
29/02/2024

This archaeological project is due to start soon and will be running for around 18 months.... Want to work on it? Follow the link below.

We'e recruiting. Positions available at all levels from Site Assistants to Supervisors to Site Directors. Surveyors also required. Apply now!

Great opportunity at AMS!
07/11/2023

Great opportunity at AMS!

Home-based in UK or Ireland, or our Kilrush office. Full-time, permanent position, producing high-quality mapping, graphics and illustrations

29/09/2023

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