Gweesalia
Gweesalia or Geesala (Irish: Gaoth Sáile)[1] is a small village in the barony of Erris in the west of County Mayo, Ireland. The village has a national school, a community centre that contains a cafe and boxing club, two general stores, a post office, St Colmcille's Catholic Church, and one pub.
Gweesalia
Gaoth Sáile Geesala | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) John Millington Synge bar (now closed) in Geesala | |
  Gweesalia Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°06′45″N 9°53′57″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
Transport
On Saturdays only Bus Éireann route 446 links Gweesalia with Blacksod and Ballina.[2] Onward bus and rail connections are available at Ballina.
Culture
Each summer there is a festival which runs between the second and third weeks in August, which includes point-to-point beach racing on Doolough beach.
Geesala is also the setting for John Millington Synge's seminal Irish play, The Playboy of the Western World.
Sport
Geesala National School has won a number of county titles in Gaelic football and is well represented at minor, U-21 and senior levels.
Geesala Boxing Club has produced boxers such as Henry Coyle and Jimmy Monaghan, with some of its students achieving world titles in lightweight and bantamweight divisions.
References
- "Gaoth Sáile / Gweesalia". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Bus Éireann - Timetable - Route 446" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
