%20-%20geograph.ie%20-%201827184.jpg)
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.
Weather now
cached 159h ago18°overcast clouds
65% 5.3 m/s OpenWeatherMap
7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
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
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
Show 1 more fact
- P7959
- County Offaly
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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.