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Geashill
Sign in to saveGeashill () is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated between the towns of Tullamore and Portarlington (each 12 km away), on the R420 road. The village has a Church of Ireland church, a shop and petrol station, a school, a GAA club, two public houses and a playground. Geashill was named "tidiest village" in the 2021 and 2023 Tidy Towns competitions. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes of County Offaly, Townlands of County Offaly and Towns and villages in County Offaly.
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Place details
- Locality
- Geashill
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 395
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Geashill
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Geashill, County Offaly - geograph.ie - 1827181.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pub in Geashill
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Offaly
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 395
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Offaly
- Elevation
- 89
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Geashill, County Offaly - geograph.ie - 1827181.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- N450206
- Commons category
- Geashill
- historic county
- County Offaly
- native label
- Géisill
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval period
- 19th century
- Transport
- Sport
- References
Geashill () is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated between the towns of Tullamore and Portarlington (each 12 km away), on the R420 road. The village has a Church of Ireland church, a shop and petrol station, a school, a GAA club, two public houses and a playground. Geashill was named "tidiest village" in the 2021 and 2023 Tidy Towns competitions. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
==History== The name Geashill is an anglicisation of the Irish name Géisill. Older anglicisations include Geashil, Geshill, Geshell, Geisshell and Gessill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geashill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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