Geevagh (Irish: An Ghaobhach, meaning 'windy place')[1][2] is a village in the south-east corner of County Sligo, Ireland, on the R284 regional road.

Geevagh and most of its surrounding parish lie wedged between Carrane Hill (458 m) to the north east and a series of drumlins to the south west, roughly 170 m in height.

[citation needed] In common with much of County Sligo, there are many signs of ancient habitation in the locality, including cairns, megalithic tombs, and ring forts.

It contains the grave of Terence McDonough, a member of the local clan that governed much of the area prior to the post-Cromwellian seizure of the land in the parish and its dispersal amongst English settler families such as King and Nicholson, and later its transfer to landlords such as Duke, Keogh and Whitney.

Despite undoubted hardship, including sustained emigration, the community survived through resilience, finding sustenance in the family, the Roman Catholic church, the Gaelic Athletic Association, music and the local pubs, though not necessarily in that order.

As of 1908, widespread evictions from the local Keogh estate meant many poor families eked out an existence of sorts on the rough barren slopes of Carrane Hill.

[citation needed] However, in keeping with many other communities post the 2008 financial crisis, emigration became the only option for young people in a stagnant economy.