Casla

For other uses, see Casla (disambiguation).

Casla (Costelloe)
Village
Casla (Costelloe) Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°17′27″N9°32′49″W / 53.29083°N 9.54694°W / 53.29083; -9.54694
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.

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]

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

• Caitlín Maude, poet, activist, and singer
• J. Bruce Ismay, shipowner

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Casla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland . Retrieved 22 April 2022.
2. Carnie, Andrew. Irish nouns: a reference guide. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN   978-0-19-921375-7 p167
3. "Timetable - Route 424" (PDF). buseireann.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
4. Oram, Hugh. "Lutyens's Commissions in Ireland". Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2020.