Oliver Cromwell fixed his residence at the Priory of St John's on the main street in winter 1649.

Myrtle Grove - When Sir Walter Raleigh reputedly brought the first potatoes from Virginia to Ireland in 1585, he planted them at his home at Myrtle Grove, Youghal. For the following two years he was mayor of the town. Queen Elizabeth I granted him 42000 acre of land in Youghal. He lived at Myrtle Grove, where