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Youghal

/jɔːl/

Youghal proper noun: a town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).

youghal: a town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078)
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Proper noun

Youghal

  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.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
  2. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Origin of Youghal

From Irish Eochaill.

Questions about Youghal

What does Youghal mean?
Youghal means a town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).
What part of speech is Youghal?
Youghal is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Youghal?
Youghal is pronounced /jɔːl/.

Words near Youghal in the dictionary

  1. youffed
  2. youffing
  3. youffs
  4. youfie
  5. Yough
  6. Youghal
  7. Youghiogheny
  8. yought
  9. youghts
  10. Yougoslav
  11. Yougoslavia

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