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About Geashill

Geashill, Géisill in Irish, is a village in County Offaly, 65 km north of Kilkenny. The map gives it 528 buildings and 1 named street, with 15 places named on them in 20 kinds, and 46 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 16th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Where
65 km north of Kilkenny, 72 km from Dublin
Position
53.2354° N, 7.3221° W, 89 m above sea level
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
528 buildings, 1 street, 15 named places in 20 kinds
Geashill was a planned town, and the architecture of this cottage, especially the decoration above the windows is recurring.
Geashill was a planned town, and the architecture of this cottage, especially the decoration above the windows is recurring.·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hamilton's Pub with the window decorations typical for this planned town
Hamilton's Pub with the window decorations typical for this planned town·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Offaly since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

146,85751,30883,15018412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 46 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map gives no numbered road inside Geashill; the roads it does record are local.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Geashill National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Geashill?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 65 km north of Kilkenny and 72 km from Dublin.
How big is Geashill?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 528 buildings, 1 named street and 15 named places, which by building count makes it the 16th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.
What is there to see in Geashill?
46 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Geashill Heritage Trail, The Green and Father Burbage.
How do you get to Geashill?
1 bus and train line calls at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Slieve Bloom Coach Tours.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
528
buildings on the model
1
named streets
15
named places
20
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q2315351). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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