Costelloe
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| Costelloe Casla |
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| Irish grid reference L968278 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Galway | |
| Elevation: | 7 m | |
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Casla, (occasionally known by its Ordnance-Survey Anglicisation, Costelloe) is a village in the Irish speaking area of western County Galway between Indreabhán and An Cheathrú Rua. It is the headquarters of Raidió na Gaeltachta. Casla means (twisting) creek in Irish.
The Irish form Casla is more commonly used than Costelloe by English speakers, even when using English. Casla is also used by the local community and local media. The anglicised form Costelloe is a mistranslation as Casla was wrongly thought to be the Irish for the Irish surname Costelloe (Mac Oisdealbhaigh).
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This article related to the geography of County Galway, Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.The family name Costelloe has nothing to do with the Norman name Costello (Mac Oisdealbhaigh) and they are, in fact two different families. The village name Casla demonstrates an association of the family name Costelloe with the gCaisle, the children of Lir, and they predate the Celtic order in Ireland.
