THE AILBRIN SOCIETY is presenting a talk ” IRISH WALLED TOWNS & YOUGHAL’S CONTRIBUTION” by the archaeologist, Catherine Desmond on Wednesday, January 18th at 8.30 pm at the Red Store, North Main Street, Youghal. Admission: Members free; non-members 5E. New members always welcome.

YOUGHAL’S TOWN WALLS are over 700 years old, having witnessed centuries of history and generations of locals come and go. They are the second longest walls in Ireland after those of Derry.

Click on the video below to watch: Youghal town walls – A Laser Scan Survey of a Medieval Town Wall in Youghal, Co. Cork.

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date     Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:50 AM
subject    Video from my last stay in Youghal in June I made a video.

Maybe you can use it for your site.

Kind regards,

Wim Stam
Arnhem
Holland

Click on the video below to watch Dutch Wim Stam’s video view of Youghal

Youghal (English pronunciation: /?j??l/; Irish: Eochaill, meaning “yew woods”) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. Sitting on the estuary of the River Blackwater, in the past it was militarily and economically important. Being built on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a distinctive long and narrow layout. At the 2002 census the population was 6,597, but the population of its catchment area is about 10,000.

Lying on the coastline of East Cork, the bustling and picturesque town of Youghal is deemed one of the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland. The historic walled seaport town of Youghal has many historic buildings and monuments within its ancient town walls, and has been designated as an Irish Heritage Port by the Irish Tourist Board. Formerly a strong manufacturing town, Youghal continues to experience sustained economic decline and employment in the town itself has seen a marked decrease in 2008. Many of the town’s population commute to work in the Cork or Waterford region.

Name

The name Youghal (pronounced yawl) comes from the Irish Eochaill meaning “yew woods”, which were once plentiful in the area. Older anglicisations of this name include Youghall, Yoghel and Yochil.

Youghal town walls – A Laser Scan Survey of a Medieval Town Wall in Youghal, Co. Cork.

YOUGHAL’S TOWN WALLS are over 700 years old, having witnessed centuries of history and generations of locals come and go. They are the second longest walls in Ireland after those of Derry.

Click on the video below.

Youghal Medieval Festival 2010 movie clip by local photographer Barry Lawlor. Press the play button to enjoy this short movie clip of the festival

Please contact the photographer for high resolution prints at this ADDRESS:

3 Kenneally’s Tce,
Lr. Cork Hill,
Youghal,
Co. Cork

tel:     +353 086 8595300
email:     info@lawlorimaging.com

www.lawlorimaging.com