Research Students

The Achill Archaeological Field School was founded in 1991 as a Training School for students of archaeology and anthropology and to help identify, preserve,  protect and promote the archaeology of Achill Island, nationally and internationally.

The Achill Archaeological Field School will continue to offer asistance to undergraduate and postgraduate students working on research topics related to the archaeology and/or history of Achill Island and the Corraun peninsula. Former students of the field school have undertaken research on a variety of topics related to the archaeology of Achill Island, both terrestrial and maritime.

Charles Meide, PhD., Economic Relations on the Nineteenth Century Maritime Cultural Landscape at Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland

Elizabeth Marie Davis, MA. The Deserted Village of Slievemore, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Artefact analysis from the 1992-2000 Excavations with an emphasis on the Post-Medieval ceramic assemblage.

Shannon Dunn, PhD., Migration and Insularity in Representation and Reality: The Deserted Village, Achill Island.

Erick Laurila, MA. Architectural Chronology and Function in Western Ireland.

Hanna Ullrich, PhD., Environmental Investigation on Dun Kilmore Promontory Fort, Achill Beg Island.

John Bennett, MA. The Achill Upland Stone Huts

Mara Bernstein, MA. The Anthropology of Tourism on Achill Island, Ireland.

We welcome and encourage students of the Field School to pursue research on Irish archaeology at undergraduate and graduate level on topics of their choice.