**Code**: [GALW](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125479) **Organization**: National University of Ireland, Galway **Department**: Botany and Plant Science, and Ryan institute **Location**: Galway, Ireland **Total number of specimens**: 15000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1940 **Taxonomic coverage**: Marine algae, especially Rhodophyta; flowering plants, mosses and lichens **Geographic coverage**: Ireland **Important collectors**: M. De Valéra, M. Guiry **Notes**: Updated Aug 2013. M. Guiry retired in 2009, and the algal materials (those of Guiry and Mairin De Valera) are now in the Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway. The small flowering plant herbarium is still at the Botany & Plant Science discipline of the School of Natural Sciences. The code "GALW" applies to both collections. The algal herbarium has 15,500 numbered specimens; the flowering plants, mosses and lichen herbarium is less than 2,000 specimens. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.