Youghal

Y4O1U1G2H4A1L1
/jɔːl/

proper noun

A town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).

OriginIrish Eochaill →
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Meanings

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.

    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

  1. IrishEochaill
  2. EnglishYoughal

From Irish Eochaill.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

y'allyawl
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APA

Youghal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Youghal

MLA

“Youghal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Youghal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Youghal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Youghal.

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