placenamesYoughal
Eochaill
Lewis described several ways of sharing knowledge in the town during the 1830s.
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
- Youghal · English · main form
Place & story
A library funded by shareholders
Youghal’s public library began in 1825 with thirty shareholders contributing five guineas each, according to Samuel Lewis. Shareholders also paid half a guinea annually; non-shareholders paid a guinea. A proprietor could introduce a visitor, who then paid half a crown monthly. By 1837 the library held around eight hundred volumes, besides Rees’s Cyclopaedia, given by the Duke of Devonshire. [2]
An institution for illustrated lectures
The Literary and Scientific Institution followed in 1833. An annual half-guinea subscription admitted both a member and the member’s family to lectures using practical illustration. Lewis described its library and museum as still being formed. Separate reading rooms at the Mall-house and national schoolrooms supplied newspapers, periodicals and reference works. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Youghal. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Youghal Institutions: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.