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Newest Review: ... here he smoked the first cigarette and planted the first potatoes: and who I am I to argue with that!! And of course there is a Hotel called the "Sir Walter Raleigh" and this place has a pub that has music most nights during the touris season. The main street is spanned by an old clock tower. St. Mary's Parish Church has recently been restored to good effect, along with the adjacent town wall. Youghal was once a walled Town. There are several other old abbeys, towers and buildings in the town - If that kind of thing interests you then follow the signposted Town Trail. The film Moby Dick was shot on location here. (who rememb... more

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Villages & Resorts in Cork (county): Sir Walter's first smoke! Was he a Wally? (372 words)
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Youghal (pronounced YAWL) is one of Cork's most popular seaside resorts, it is one of the most historic and interesting towns in Ireland being situated at the mouth of the Blackwater one of Ireland's best known salmon fishing rivers, So if you like fishing then here's the place for you. Kink John Granted a huge amount of land to Sir Walter Raleigh. His home, Myrtle Grove still stands there (open to the public). They say it is here he smoked the first cigarette and planted the first potatoes: and who I am I to argue with that!! And of course there is a Hotel called the "Sir Walter Raleigh" and this place has a pub that has music most nights ... Read the complete review