Quin () is a village in southeast

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. The name also refers to a

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in the

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Bunratty Upper Bunratty Upper is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into six civil parishes. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and we ...

, and to an

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of the same name. The main attraction in the vicinity is

Quin Abbey Quin Abbey (Irish: ''Mainistir Chuinche''), in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, was built between 1402 and 1433 by Sioda Cam MacNamara, for Fathers Purcell and Mooney, friars of the Franciscan order. Although mostly roofless, the structure of the a ...

, the ruins of Franciscan friary, which is open to the public. Although roofless, much of the structure remains and is relatively well-preserved. The abbey was built on the foundations of an earlier

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castle; the foundations of three corner towers can still be seen. The village is located in the townland sometimes known as

Plassey Palashi or Plassey ( bn, পলাশী, Palāśī, translit-std=ISO, , ) is a village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia Distric ...

Location

The village of Quin is from Ennis. The River Rine runs through the village, and

Knappogue Castle Knappogue Castle (Irish: ''Caisleán na Cnapóige'') is a tower house, built in 1467 and expanded in the mid-19th century, located in the parish of Quin, County Clare, Ireland. It has been restored and is open to guided tours. History The ori ...

is to the southeast. There was a productive lead mine at Ballyhickey, from which ore was taken to Clarecastle for shipment to Wales. The Catholic parish of Quin is in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ; ga, Deoise Chill Dalua) is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of ...

. The churches in the parish are Blessed John XXIII in Clooney, St. Mary's in Quin, and St. Stephen's in Maghera. The civil parish of Quin is in the Bunratty Upper barony. The civil parish held 7,290 statute acres in 1837, as applotted under the Tithe Act. The

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s in the Quin civil parish are: * Applefort * Ballagh * Ballyhannan North * Ballyhannan South * Ballyhickey * Ballykilty (also known as

) * Ballymacloon East * Ballymacloon North * Ballymacloon West * Ballymarkahan * Ballyroughan North * Ballyroughan South * Cahercalla * Cant * Carnmallow * Carrowgar * Carrowmeer * Carrowroe * Cloonaherna * Coogaun * Coolshamroge * Commons * Cragbwee * Craggataska * Craggaunowen * Creevagh Beg * Creevagh More * Cullenagh * Cullaun * Cutteen * Dangan * Danganbrack * Deerpark North * Deerpark South * Feaghquin * Gorteen * Keevagh * Kildrum * Kilnacrandy * Knocknagoug * Knappogue * Madara * Quin * Quingardens * Quinville North * Quinville South * Rathluby * Rine * Rinneen * Shandangan

History

Some of the most important prehistoric gold works in Ireland were found in Quin. An earlier abbey was founded in Quin around 1250, but burned down in 1278. In 1280, Thomas de Clare built a Norman castle on the same site, which later fell into ruin. During the time of this castle, Quin is first mentioned as a village. The castle ruins were later rebuilt as a church () and

(1433). Quin Abbey is considered to be one of the finest and most complete remains of monastic antiquity in Ireland. The abbey housed many Franciscan friars until the death of the last monk, Father Hogan, in 1820. His burial site can be visited in the abbey. News of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 was first announced in County Clare "at the great fair of Quin". In 1837, the parish had a small plain church of the

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, built in 1797. At the time, a new Catholic chapel in

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style was being built.

Demographics

As of 1831, there were 2,918 inhabitants, of whom 173 lived in the village. According to a 2002 Census, Quin had a population of 853. By 2006, the population had grown to around 1,048. In the 2016 Census, the village population was 951.

Sport

Clooney Quin GAA was founded in 1888. Players for the Clooney/Quin club include

Amby Power Ambrose 'Amby' Power (17 February 1884 – 26 February 1960) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler who played as a centre-back for the Clare GAA, Clare senior team. Power made his first appearance for the team around 1908 and became a regu ...

, who captained the Clare 1914 All-Ireland winning team.

Notable people

Ger Colleran Gerard Colleran is an Irish journalist, the editor of the ''Irish Daily Star'' from 1999. to 2014, and since 2017 the editor of ''Kerry's Eye''. In 2009, ''Village'' listed him as one of Ireland's 100 most influential people.. He is a native of M ...

, former editor of the ''Irish Daily Star'', grew up in Quin *

Paddy Hannan Patrick Hannan (baptised 26 April 1840 – 4 November 1925) was a gold prospector whose lucrative discovery on 14 June 1893 set off a major gold rush in the area now known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia. The resulting goldfield has ...

born in 1840, started the then world's biggest gold rush in 1893 in Kalgoorlie *

(hurler) born in 1887 in Quin * Arthur Quinlan (journalist) was reared in Quin

References

External links

Clare Library - Quin

Cloony-Quin GAA
{{Coord, 52, 49, 5.88, N, 8, 51, 55.29, W, scale:50000_type:city_region:IE, display=title Towns and villages in County Clare Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe