placenamesCostello
Coistealaigh
An 1837 account records the market and livestock fairs of a local trading centre.
Recorded locationCostello53.84254° N · 8.78463° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Coistealaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Costello · English · main form
Place & story
Market days and postal links
Samuel Lewis placed Ballyhaunis in Costello barony on the Castlerea–Castlebar road. In 1837 its weekly market took place on Tuesdays. Four annual fairs, chiefly for horses and cattle, fell on 1 June, 2 July, 22 September and 29 October. A penny post connected the town with Clare and Frenchpark. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Costello. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyhaunis: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.