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Country
  
Ireland

Irish Grid Reference
  
L968278

Local time
  
Monday 3:13 AM

County
  
County Galway

Elevation
  
7 m

Province
  
Connacht

Casla

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 82% Humidity

Casla (Costello or Costelloe) is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán (Inverin) and An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe) in western County Galway, Ireland. It lies on the R336 road beside Clynagh Bay. Casla is the headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Casla means "(twisting) creek" or "inlet from the sea" in Irish.

Map of Costelloe, Co. Galway, Ireland

It is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway City.

In the novel The Wind Changes by Olivia Manning, set among the Irish independence fighters in 1921, Riordan, the last of the Easter Week leaders, is to land at Costello pier.

References

Casla Wikipedia