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| ABBEY RUINS, YOUGHAL, CO. CORK.-Youghal-Gaelic, Eochaill (Four Masters) signifying Yew wood, stands at the mouth of the Blackwater river, which contracts to the width of about half a mile near the town, but back of it, inland, forms a spacious harbor, which can accommodate ships of good size. Some of the old yew trees, from which the town is called, are still in existence. |
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