Casla
Casla [1] (Costello or Costelloe) 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 | |
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  Casla Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′27″N 9°32′49″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | L968278 |
| Casla is the only official name. The English name Costelloe has no official status. | |
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 Casla.
Notable people
- Caitlín Maude, poet, activist, and singer
- J. Bruce Ismay, shipowner
See also
- List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
References
- Casla. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
- Carnie, Andrew. Irish nouns: a reference guide. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-921375-7 p167
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090710215308/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387365-424.pdf
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