Youghal Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in County Cork, Ireland
About Youghal
In 830 AD an earthquake struck Munster. The River Blackwater had flowed further east to the sea at Whiting Bay near Ardmore, but in the upheaval it broke through the shingle bank now called Ferrypoint and carved a direct channel. The river was navigable up to Cappoquin and Lismore, so this new estuary was soon colonised, and calledEochaillmeaning yew woods. It was hemmed in by a slope, a good defensible position, so in Norman times it grew into a long narrow walled city. The Desmond kings of Munster resisted Anglo-Norman rule and destroyed Youghal in 1579, but were defeated by the Tudors, who awarded the lands to their loyal Protestant followers. One major beneficiary was Sir Walter Raleigh, who gained a great swathe of territory along the river valley, and was mayor of Youghal 1588-89. Fo
Top Attractions in Youghal
Explore the best things to see and do in Youghal:
- ★Clock Gate
- ★St Mary's Collegiate Church
Where to Stay in Youghal
- 🏨Aherne's
- 🏨Avonmore House
- 🏨Roseville House
- 🏨Walter Raleigh Hotel
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