A sailor who was aboard the Titanic, a man who was responsible for saving some 50 lives whilst aboard was the topic of a book launch last week. “A Man To Remember” was compiled by Youghal locals Kevin Melly and Peter Landers, whose dedication also saw a plaque erected in Jack Foley’s name. Jack was […]
The Coastal Towns of Youghal and Cobh have unveiled new and improved apps for their towns. The highly-anticipated Xplore Cobh App and Xplore Youghal App were launched on the new Youghal Harbour Pontoon and at the bandstand of the picturesque Cobh Harbour. Xplore is a digital infrastructure for towns developed by Galway based company, […]
Last Wednesday we saw the official opening of Youghal Boardwalk, making it Ireland’s longest coastal boardwalk at 7km. The boardwalk marks completion of Phase 2 of the Department of Rural and Community Development’s Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme which has seen improvements throughout Youghal already. Speaking at the opening, Minister Humphreys said: “It is great to […]
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For 14 weeks from the June bank holiday weekend there will be additional toilets at the listed locations: Youghal Front Strand, 4 extra Youghal Claycastle, 4 extra Youghal Redbarn, 2 extra Garryvoe Beach, 4 extra On top of additional toilets being located throughout the town. Such as at Green Park, Market Square, North Main Street […]
The Heritage Council has announced that Cork County Council has received €40,000 in funding for repairs to a section of Youghal’s medieval wall under the Irish Walled Towns Network. When speaking about it after the confirmation Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton said: “I am delighted to learn that the Heritage Council has granted considerable funding […]
Among the many projects receiving funding as part of the East Cork Development, Youghal received €4m for the development of a new library on North Main Street. Local politicians James O’ Connor and Mary Linehan Foley both praised the decision. James O’ Connor welcomed it saying investment in this library will create a community hub […]
Cork has been awarded 12 Blue Flag Beaches this year, which is a record annual number for the county. We also got 13 Green Coast Beaches bringing Cork to the #1 spot for awards this year. Among the beaches that received Blue Flag status are Claycastle Youghal, Redbarn Youghal and Ardmore. Which means a lot […]
Very glad to see The Front Strand got some new wheelchair accessible picnic benches! Fantastic to have somewhere to rest on your way to or from the beach!
It would seem we are going to have to wait yet another year for Ironman to make a return to Youghal. Just announced it would be postponed until August 2022. Hopefully we get better luck with it next year