Youghal
//jɔːl// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).
"Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners."
- 2 A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Example
More examples"Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners."
Etymology
From Irish Eochaill.
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