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About Costelloe

Costelloe is a village in County Galway, 34 km west of Galway city. The twisting creek on Clynagh Bay, home of Raidió na Gaeltachta, and of the Lutyens lodge Bruce Ismay of the Titanic built after the Civil War burned his fishing lodge.

Where
34 km from Galway, 219 km from Dublin
Position
53.2885° N, 9.5530° W
In Irish
Casla
On the model
339 buildings, 1 streets, 164 places in 18 kinds
Read more
Costelloe on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Costelloe with every named place pinned
Casla, Co. na Gaillimhe
Casla, Co. na Gaillimhe
Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
HQ of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Casla, Conamara, Co. Galway (2014).
HQ of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Casla, Conamara, Co. Galway (2014).
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Sandy beach overlooking Costelloe Bay
Sandy beach overlooking Costelloe Bay
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County Galway, Crusheen Bridge.
County Galway, Crusheen Bridge.
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A short history

  1. Ancient times
    The gCaislé. A sept who lived between Casla and An Cheathrú Rua, from whom the Costelloe family here claims descent; the name may also mean the twisting creek.
  2. 1922 to 1925
    Costelloe Lodge. The fishing lodge burned in the Civil War; Edwin Lutyens built the big house that replaced it in 1925, with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll, for J.
  3. 1921, in fiction
    The Wind Changes. Olivia Manning's novel of the independence fighters has the last leader of 1916 set to land at the pier at Costello.
  4. 1972
    The radio. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta has its headquarters in the village.

The full history, 4 moments in order

What to see

  1. Costelloe Lodge

    Lutyens's house of 1925 with Jekyll's gardens.

  2. The pier

    On Clynagh Bay, the pier of Manning's novel.

  3. Raidió na Gaeltachta

    The station's headquarters.

  4. Teampall Inis Mac Ádhaimh4.8 km

    The island church 4.8 km away.

  5. Teach an tSalainn5.3 km

    The salt house ruin, 5.3 km off.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Costelloe?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 34 km west of Galway city and 219 km west of Dublin, on the R336 between Inverin and Carraroe.
What is there in Costelloe?
On the map, 164 named places in 18 kinds: 2 places to eat and drink, 2 shops, 0 schools, churches and public buildings, and 156 things to see within 12 km.
What is Casla known for?
Raidió na Gaeltachta, Costelloe Lodge and Bruce Ismay, and its place on the coast road between Inverin and Carraroe.

Getting around

Costelloe sits on the R336 between Inverin and Carraroe. 0 bus stops and 1 car park are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Casla" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.