placenamesYoughalarra
Eochaill
A nineteenth-century house in Youghalvillage belonged to a family with roots in County Limerick.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Eochaill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Youghalarra · English · main form
Place & story
A house built in the 1830s
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates Database attributes Youghal House to William Bleasby Smithwick, who built it in the 1830s. He was the son of Michael Smithwick of Mount Catherine and Alicia Bleasby. The house record places the property in Youghalvillage townland within Youghalarra parish, distinguishing it from the County Cork town of Youghal. [3] [2]
Valuation and continued residence
At Griffith’s Valuation, William Smithwick held the house in fee, with a recorded valuation of £39. The database records William B. Smithwick owning 1,150 acres in County Tipperary in the 1870s; that figure concerns his county holding, rather than the house alone. The family remained resident at Youghal House in the 1970s. [3] [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Coordinates
- 52.86267, -8.31791
- Mapped area
- 33.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2226 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Youghalarra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Youghal House: property 4647 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
- Smithwick: estate 2312 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.