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YOUGHAL (pronounced Yawl)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 938 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YOUGHAL (pronounced See also:Yawl) , a seaport, See also:market See also:town and watering-See also:place of See also:county See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, on the W. See also:side of the See also:Blackwater See also:estuary, and on the Cork & Youghal See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway, 264 m. E. of Cork. Pop. (1901) 5393• The collegiate See also:church of St See also:Mary, in the later Decorated See also:style, was erected in the 1th See also:century, but rebuilt in the 13th, and since that See also:time frequently restored. It contains a beautiful See also:monument to the 1st See also:earl of Cork. The See also:college was founded by an earl of See also:Desmond in 1464. There are still a few fragments of the Dominican friary founded in 1269. The See also:Clock See also:Gate (1771) is noticeable, and portions of the old walls are to be seen. See also:Myrtle See also:Grove was formerly the See also:residence of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh. He was See also:mayor of Youghal in 1588-8g, and is said to have first cultivated the See also:potato here. The See also:harbour is safe and commodious, but has a See also:bar at the mouth. At the N. extremity of the harbour the See also:river is crossed by a See also:bridge on wooden piles.

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principal exports are See also:corn and other agricultural produce; the imports are See also:coal, See also:culm, See also:timber and See also:slate. Coarse earthenware and bricks are manufactured. See also:Fine point-See also:lace commanding high prices is made by the Presentation Sisters. The Blackwater is famous for See also:salmon, and See also:sea-fishing is important. The Strand, the See also:modern portion of the town, has all the attributes of a seaside resort. Youghal (Eschaill, " the See also:Yew See also:wood ") was made a See also:settlement of the Northmen in the 9th century, and was incorporated by See also:King See also:John in 1209. The Franciscan monastery, founded at Youghal by See also:FitzGerald in 1224, was the earliest See also:house of that See also:order in Ireland. Sir See also:Roger See also:Mortimer landed at Youghal in 1317. The town was plundered by the earl of Desmond in 1579. In 1641 it was garrisoned and defended by the earl of Cork. In 1649 it declared for the See also:parliament, and was occupied as his headquarters by See also:Cromwell. It sent two members to parliament from 1374 till the See also:Union, .after that only one down to 1885.

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