Gweesalia

Gweesalia (Geesala; Irish: Gaoth Sáile) is a small village in the barony of Erris in the west of County Mayo, Ireland. The village has a national school, two general stores (Moran's and Munnelly's), a post office, and six pubs.

Transport

On Saturdays only Bus Éireann route 446 links Gweesalia with Blacksod and Ballina.[1] 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.

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See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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