Around Youghal and the Blackwater. 55 



the same illustrious family, who owned the town of Youghal and 

 surrounding district. There was also in the main street the ruins 

 of an ancient keep called Tynte's Castle, built in the 15th century, 

 and opposite this was a fine specimen of domestic architecture, 

 built between 1706 and 17 15 — a fine type of Dutch house of that 

 time. 



Youghal was noted for the excellent brick made there, and the 

 bricks in this house may have been of local manufacture, though 

 some authorities said they were Dutch. Hayman in his guide 

 stated that the Church of St. Mary at the north end of the town 

 was founded in the nth century, and no doubt an earlier church 

 existed on the site and was replaced at that period by a church 

 built in the Hiberno- Romanesque or Norman style of architecture. 

 On nearly the same site a new church was erected by Richard 

 Bennett, a knight from Wales, and Ellis Barry, his wife, in 1220. 

 During the rebellion in the year 1579 it was ruined by Gerald;, the 

 1 6th Earl of Desmond, and lay roofless for a period of 270 years. 

 In the year 1852, the rector, Rev. William Pierce Drew, aided by 

 generous contributions, had the choir roofed and tiled, rescuing it 

 from ruin, but not restoring it to its original beauty. Raleigh's 

 house stood close by St. Mary's Church. It was on record that 

 Sir Walter Raleigh resided here in the years 1588 and 1589, when 

 he was Mayor of the town. 



It was from Youghal Edward Spenser embarked when he went 

 to London to publish the first three books of the " Fairie Queen." 

 It was also supposed that the first potatoes planted in Ireland was 

 at Youghal, in the garden attached to Raleigh's house, and also 

 that the first tobacco smoked in Ireland was under the shade of 

 the myrtle trees in the same grounds. The name Youghal was 

 derived from two Celtic words, meaning yew-wood, and certainly 

 the yew seemed indigenous to the place, and grew luxuriantly. 



' After referring to the industries of Youghal and its history as a 

 trading port, Mr. Milligen proceeded to describe a journey on 

 waggonettes to the interesting places near Youghal. First the 

 Preceptory of Rhincrew, a stronghold of the Knights Templars, 



