Casla (also known as Costelloe)[1] is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán (Inverin) and An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe) in western County Galway, Ireland. The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there. The village lies on the R336 road beside Clynagh Bay. Casla means "(twisting) creek" or "inlet from the sea" in Irish.[2]
Casla (Costelloe) | |
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Village | |
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  Casla (Costelloe) Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′27″N 9°32′49″W / 53.29083°N 9.54694°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | L968278 |
| Casla is the official name. The previous official name Costelloe was replaced by the Official Languages Act 2003. | |
It is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway City.[3]
In the novel The Wind Changes by Olivia Manning, set among the Irish independence fighters in 1921, Riordan, the last of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, is to land at the pier in 'Costelloe'.[citation needed]
Costelloe Lodge is a large house built in 1925 by the architect Edwin Lutyens with gardens designed by Gertrude Jekyll, to replace a fishing lodge that was burned down in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. It was the home of J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line. Ismay was severely criticised after surviving the sinking of the Titanic by taking a place in a lifeboat.[4]
Notable people
edit- Caitlín Maude, poet, activist, and singer
- J. Bruce Ismay, shipowner
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Casla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Carnie, Andrew. Irish nouns: a reference guide. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-921375-7 p167
- ^ "Timetable - Route 424" (PDF). buseireann.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Oram, Hugh. "Lutyens's Commissions in Ireland". Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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