Quin

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Quin, from 7 m² to 53,747 m² (5.37 ha, 13.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 100 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the demolition of the existing dwelling under the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme (DCBGS) and construction of a replacement dwelling, with single-storey extension to the rear and an additional storey added to the side of the dwelling, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660302

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the development which will consist of the demolition of the existing dwelling down to foundation level. The proposed development will be constructed on the same footprint as the existing structure, with the addition of a new porch to the front, single-storey extension to the rear and an additional storey added to the side of the dwelling, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560840

• 21 Jan 2025Conditional

  of an upstairs attic conversion consisting of 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, windows and all ancillary incidental works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2515

• 20 Dec 2024Refused

  of the following (a) the existing Covid structure as covered external shelter and play area and (b) the use of the ground floor of existing house as a creche/montessori and removal of condition 3 of granted Planning Permission P04/626

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2460666

• 14 Oct 2024N/a

  for (a) retain the use of existing Covid structure as covered external shelter and play area and (b) retain the use of the ground floor of existing house as a creche/montessori and removal of condition 3 of granted Planning Permission P04/626

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2460500

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct an entrance, dwellinghouse and garden shed together with all associated site development works and connections to public services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460326

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  to construct an entrance, dwellinghouse and garden shed together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360555

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  to make alterations to the existing dwelling house to include the following; a) construction of covered canopy area to front of dwelling, b) elevational alterations, c) construction of minor extension to the rear of the dwelling and d) associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22486

• 8 Apr 2022Conditional

  of the following works, (A) The use of the ground floor of the existing dwelling as a childcare / Montessori Centre, (B) The erection of a steel structure for use as a shade / covered play area, and (C) The erection of a steel shed for use as a store, all with associated site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 22328

• 4 Oct 2021Refused

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, including connection to public services and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211048

• 2 Sept 2021Refused

  for development which will consist of the following, (a) Remove existing front and part of side boundary wall (b) Construct new block wall and piers to match height of existing adjacent wall. (c) Increase entrance width and install security gate. (d) All ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21924

• 24 Feb 2021N/a

  for the following works, (A) The use of the ground floor of the existing dwelling as a childcare / Montessori Centre, (B) The erection of a steel structure for use as a shade / covered play area, and (C) The erection of a steel shed for use as a store, all with associated site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 21156

• 6 Jan 2021Conditional

  for the following development. 1. Sub-division and extension to existing commercial premises formally known as New Village Restaurant to 2 no two bedroom dwelling houses to include the CHANGE OF USE from commercial use to residential use, including the demolition of the existing rear extension and storage shed with all necessary ancillary works. 2. Demolish adjoining derelict buildings at the east of the existing commercial building facing the public road with all necessary ancillary works. 3. Construct 4 no. four bedroom dwelling houses, including the development of service road, public footpaths, public lighting and all necessary connections to public utilities to service the overall development to include RETENTION of public access to the River Rine adjoining the property with all necessary ancillary works

  Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 215

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  for development which will consist of a single detached two storey dwelling with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19318

• 16 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct an extension to the rear of her existing garage with all ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19298

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  for development which will consist of modifications and the completion of an apartment unit granted under Planning Reference P08-4 and to construct additional accommodation at first level over including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18662

• 6 Apr 2018Refused

  to construct 4 No. self-contained one bedroom apartments, new vehicular access to site along with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18270

• 14 Feb 2018N/a

  to construct 5 new two storey dwellings, site boundaries, site entrance to each dwelling, access road, main site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 5 homes · Clare County Council, 18102

• 9 Mar 2017Conditional

  to: (a) Convert attic to accommodation; (b) Construct single storey rear extension together with ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17168

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Quin.

Recorded monuments

• CL042-027 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  A number of grass-covered foundations of rectangular structures of different sizes as well as associated roadways are visible immediately S of Quin Friary (CL042-027002-). Quin is described by McInerney (2014, 84) as an important medieval settlement that had grown up around a late 13th-century Anglo-Norman castle, the ruins of which were incorporated into the sub-structure of the friary (CL042-027002-). Lidar images show the low foundations with great clarity (see Hull and McCooey 2015, 38). The earliest documentary evidence for settlement at Quin is in the 14th century Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh where a date of 1277 is cited and further reference to a town is made less than 10 years later by reference to ‘…the round-towered stone-substantial town of Quin’ (Hayes O’Grady 1929, 30). Westropp (1888, 335), citing the Calendar of State Papers, notes that ‘Quin Friary was dissolved in 1541, and granted two years later to Conor, Baron Ibracken, who, like all his family, protected the monks. Five years later - 1548, September 18 - the abbey and its grounds were granted to Teig M'Conor Brien and Tirlagh O'Brien of Dough. It consisted of ‘The precincts of the late house of Franciscan Friars at Queyne in Thomond, conteyninge 1 acre in which is one great church now ruinose covered with sclate (CL042-027003-), & stepill greatlie dacied, a church & cloister (CL042-027002-), with an orchard and other edifices & also 1 water mill (CL042-027013-) ruinose & prostrate & ten cottages in Queyn village’. A possible house (CL042-027022-) and roadway (CL042-027023-) to the SW of the abbey were excavated in 2017 (Hull 2017, Licence no. E004671). The house (c. 6.4m x 4.7m; wall T 1.7m at S) was rectangular and stone built with a possible doorway at the SE corner leading to an adjacent roadway. It is one of some 15-20 structures evident on aerial photographs and lidar images. A large quantity of animal bone indicated domestic waste and a patch of oxidised soil indicated a central hearth. Synthesis of the archaeological and historical information indicated that the structure (and most likely those adjacent) was built in the 15th century at the time of the period of construction at the abbey after 1433. A radiocarbon date of 1441-1631 (UBA-34959) was obtained from an animal tooth recovered from a secure context beneath the metalled roadway (Hull and McCooey 2018, 32). While not all the earthworks have been investigated or dated Hull (2017, 15) notes that they ‘serve as evidence of a probable market town that flourished within a Gaelic lordship, even if its initial impetus was Anglo-Norman.’ Also excavated was a rectangular feature (CL042-027015-) known as ‘The School’ c. 15m E of the abbey (Hull 2017). A field system (CL042-027007-) N and E of the nearby St Finghin’s church (CL042-027003-) may also represent an area of settlement. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1971). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 June 2018

• CL042-027001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Situated on a bend of the River Rine at the NE edge of Quin village with some defense afforded by the river to the W and N. The ground falls away sharply towards the river to W and N. This Anglo-Norman castle was built in 1280 by Sir Thomas de Clare (c. 1245-87) in an attempt to subdue the Macnamaras. It was captured and burned by Cumheadha MacNamara in 1285 and in the 14th century much of it was demolished and used to build the Franciscan Friary (CL042-027002-) on the same footprint. Many of the castle walls were reused and incorporated into the Friary. (See Ua Cróinín 1997, CL042-027001-_01.pdf (attached) for more on the history of the castle). A substantial square castle (c. 37m across) with round corner bastions (ext. diam. 12m), the lower parts of which still remain at NE, SE and SW. Including the bastions the front elevation measures 48m. There are no above ground remains of a bastion at NW but there may have been one originally. A deep wide flat-bottomed moat (dims. at SE: Wth at base 5.5m; Wth at top 15.3m; ext. D 1.24m; int. D 2.62m) is still evident from E to S. At S it is occupied by the present graveyard (CL042-027009-). Excavation (Hull 2017; Licence no. E004671) of the possible medieval school (CL042-027015-) to the E of the castle in 2017 revealed portion of the refilled moat at that location. Of the moat, Hull (2017, 15) states: ‘The excavation has established that the moat continued in a northward direction to the east of the monument although the full depth and width of the moat…was not established. It is very likely that the moat was constructed in parallel with the castle c. 1280 as the fourteenth century Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh (Hayes O'Grady 1929, 19) records “...knavish English belonging to the with-ditch-and-rampart-furnished castle of Quin...” and the Caithréim records also in 1285 that Quin Castle's “...ditch was crossed, earthworks carried, great gate battered in and hewn down; its strong walls were breached, its English stammerers captured...” (ibid., 30). Given that the large rectangular structure targeted by Trench 1 was, in part, built over the moat and that a lead bullet that possibly dates to the first half of the seventeenth century was found in the construction cut for that building, then the moat was likely backfilled at the east of the castle/friary between the late thirteenth and late sixteenth centuries.’ N curtain wall The curtain walls survive best where they attach to the NE corner tower. The lower portion of the E end of the N curtain wall (Wth 2.9m; ext. H 1.52m) is still visible where it is attached to the tower. It is very low internally (H 0.25m) as the interior is raised to compensate for the sharp slope to the river towards the N. According to Ua Cróinín (1997) recent investigations have shown that much of the external kitchen wall of the Friary may also be contemporary with the castle. E curtain wall The foundation of most of the E curtain wall survives (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.83m; Wth 2.87m) (original L between the corner towers 25.4m). It has a small low wall built on top (H 0.43m; Wth 0.38m) almost at the external edge and has a slight batter. The S end of the E curtain wall is now the E end of the Abbey church. The E window of the church has very deep splays due to the width of the wall. Close to the N end of E curtain wall there is a set of steps (Wth 1.07m) spiralling towards the top. S curtain wall This wall (Wth 2.75m) is substantially incorporated into the S wall of the Friary church (CL042-027002-) which was built along the same line. The main entrance to the castle was in the middle of the S wall and the inner arch of this (Wth 3.25m) is still present under the crossing tower of the Friary. The windows of the S wall of the church required deep splays both internally and externally due to the castle wall width giving them a strange external appearance. NE bastion The NE bastion (H 2.3m; diam. across the top 11.85m; int. diam. 4.56m; wall Wth 3.62m) is the best preserved and has a slight batter. It has a short entrance passage narrowing from 0.77m to 0.58m and has two deep rectangular internal recesses (Wth 2.68m) with deep widely splayed embrasures over (D 0.85-1.29m). A third recess (Wth 1.36m) has a flue narrowing towards the top. SE bastion The SE bastion is less well preserved (diam. at top 9.25m; ext. remaining H 3.32m; wall Wth 2.8m) as it joins what later became the SE corner of the Abbey church. It has two internal rectangular recesses (Wth 2.21-2.25m; D 1.7m). SW bastion The SW bastion, close to the entrance doorway to the Abbey is the least well preserved (diam 9.18m; ext. remaining H 2.14m; wall Wth c. 2m). The interior of this bastion has been built up and used for burial. Quin Castle and Friary are National Monuments in State Care, no. 15. (Westropp 1888, 334-5; Westropp 1900, 427-38; Ua Briain 1908; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997; Hull 2017) The following items have been uploaded: CL042-027001-_01.pdf Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. CL042-027001-_01.jpg E curtain wall and NE corner bastion from S. CL042-027001-_02.jpg NE bastion from above at E. CL042-027001-_03.jpg Steps leading to top of E curtain wall. CL042-027001-_04.jpg Remaining portion of N curtain wall. CL042-027001-_05.jpg Exterior of NE bastion from S. CL042-027001-_06.jpg Interior of SE bastion from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 June 2018

• CL042-027002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  Situated on a W-facing slope on the E bank of the River Rine at the NE edge of Quin village, Quin Friary (known locally as Quin Abbey) is built on the burnt-out ruins of an Anglo-Norman de Clare castle (CL042-027001-). In 1280, the Anglo-Norman Sir Thomas de Clare commenced work on the castle at Quin. In c. 1285/7 Covea MacNamara stormed and burned the castle in revenge for the death of a chief named ‘O’Liddy “of the broad shield”’ and his brother. The remains of the earlier castle are still visible as they were incorporated into the friary, with the foundations of the rounded NE, SW and SE corner towers of the curtain wall surviving to varying degrees. The lower portions of the curtain wall adjacent to the NE tower also survive. No attempt was made to rebuild the fortress (Ua Cróinín 2014). Maccon Mac Conmara established a house at Quin for the Franciscan friars in 1433 having obtained a papal licence (McInerney 2014, 125). The friary was founded on an earlier house built by Síoda Cam Mac Conmara in 1402 (ibid.). Quin remained under the jurisdiction of the Conventuals until it was officially dissolved in 1541. The friars continued to live at Quin under the protection of the earls of Thomond. The abbey and lands were granted in 1543 to Conor O’Brien, Baron Ibracken, who, like all his family, protected the friars. Five years later - 1548, September 18 – it was granted to Teig M'Conor Brien and Tirlagh O'Brien of Dough. The friary became Observant when a community was reconstituted there in 1612 (Ó Clabaigh 2012, 66). Donatus Mooney, provincial of the Irish Franciscan province, visited in 1616 and noted Quin as ‘a singularly beautiful pile of building, such as is seldom met with in monastic establishments’ (O’Neill 2009, 320). The friars were forced to leave on a number of occasions in the seventeenth century but continued to return. They finally moved to Drim, some 2km distant where the last member of the community, Friar John Hogan, died in 1820. He was buried in the east ambulatory of the cloister. Despite its suppression and suffering repeated attack in the 16th century, substantial remains of the friary survive. The remains consist of a church at S with a transept added at the W end of the S wall and a sacristy N of the chancel. A cloister lies to the N with the dormitory, kitchen/refectory and chapter room arranged around it to the W, N and E respectively. The external walls of the W, N and E ranges have a significant base batter (H 3.65m) and the windows and door are recessed into it. The church (int. dims. 35.75m E-W; 7.1-7.15m N-S) comprises a nave and chancel with a tall slender crossing tower and belfry. The S and E walls are unusually wide (2.8m) as they utilise the foundations of the earlier castle. The SW corner of the church occupies the original corner of the keep. A small walkway in the SW corner of the church leads into the graveyard through a small passage (Wth 1.1m). A spiral stairs is accessed from this passage and leads to the roof. It is lit by two slit windows in the W wall face and two in the S. The external S wall face has the rough remnants of a bonded wall. Several external steps lead up to the main entrance at W (Wth 1.4m) which has a pointed door arch within a square frame richly worked with a series of narrow mouldings. A two-light lancet window is in the gable over the door. The N wall of the nave is plain except for a recess for a wall tomb at the E end covered by an ogee-headed arch and a small window into the cloister lighting a side altar. There is a stoup in the S wall of the nave just before the S transept. The basin is octagonal (diam. 0.52m; D 0.63m) and lies in a recess with a pointed arched and chamfered ope (H 0.97m; Wth 0.62m). There are triangular stop chamfers at each side of the ope, each slightly different. The recess is roofed with ribbed vaulting. A rectangular cupboard (Wth 0.5m; H 0.33m) occupies the top of the back wall of the recess and there are modern votive offerings around the basin. The S transept (11.95m N-S) is entered through a wide pointed arch (Wth 7.2m). It was added in the mid 15th century and the walls have more evenly coursed stonework than the nave. Its corners are flanked externally by buttresses diminishing in two stages and battered in the lower half. It is lit by two double-light windows at E over two side altars, one double light at W and a triple-light window at S with curvilinear tracery. A double piscina occupies the SE corner. A side altar, lit by a large two-light window with splayed ingoings, is at the E end of the nave adjacent to the crossing tower, matching the side altar on the N side. The crossing tower is in line with the original castle entrance, midway between the two rounded castle bastions. The inner portion of the round-arched castle entrance remains (Wth 3.25m; T 0.9m). It now leads into a small chamber within the wall, lit by a small round-headed window at S. The E side of the chamber is built up forming an altar. There are two wicker-centred arches under the N and S parts of the crossing tower and there are corbels at several different levels. The underside of the tower has one set of tierceron ribs and holes for the bell ropes are visible. Some examples of graffiti remain on the interior of the tower piers (Kearns 2015, 36-7). The tower itself has three levels, marked externally by string courses. The first floor has square openings towards the chancel and nave. It was approached from the roof of the dormitory at N but is not currently accessible. The second floor has one window at N lighting the stairs, the third or belfry level has large two-light ogee-headed windows at all sides except E where there is a smaller single window. The parapet has battlements at the corners with wide embrasures in between. There are two steps up into the chancel which is lit by two large windows in the S wall. That at E is two-light and that at W is three-light. Both are pointed with deeply splayed ingoings both internally and externally because of the thickness of the castle wall (T 2.8m). Externally, despite the use of arched voussoirs, the deeply set windows have an internal appearance. The E one has cutstone chamfered arch beneath the voussoirs giving it a more formal exterior. Ua Briain (1908) describes these windows as covered by ‘heavy arches’ giving a peculiar and characteristic appearance to the whole structure. A sedilia or tomb niche on the S wall of the chancel is surmounted by traces of an early 17th-century stucco crucifixion scene. This was sketched by Thomas Dineley in 1681. At that point the stucco work was more extensive and included paintings of two figures on the rear wall of the tomb niche (Ó Clabaigh 2012, 251-2). Some of the stucco work extends into the adjacent window splay to E and has incised decoration. The E castle wall was reconstructed to house the curvilinear triple-light E window resulting in a very wide curving splay as the window is set on the outside of the wide wall. The original high altar (Wth 3.5m) is still in place under the window. The gap between the base and the floor would have necessitated a wooden predella. The MacNamara (founder’s) tomb (CL041-027010-) is in the NE corner of the chancel and would have served as an ‘Easter Sepulchre’. A line of slightly raised rectangular slabs set into the floor separates the sanctuary from the rest of the chancel. A number of medieval graveslabs lie in the nave and chancel (CL042-027011-, CL042-027012-, and CL042-027016- to CL042-027020-). A gallery in the W end of the nave, evidenced by corbels, gave a privileged vantage point to guests staying in the west range of the friary (Ó Clabaigh 2012, 234). The sacristy (8.45m E-W; 3.5m N-S) is entered through a pointed chamfered doorway (Wth 1.04m; H 2m) in the N wall of the chancel. There are two decorative stop-chamfers at floor level, one with a fleur de lis. Inside the door there is a flat arch with wicker centring and slightly splayed ingoi

• CL042-027006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL042-027009 Graveyard
  Description

  Adjoining the S side of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-) and bounded at W by the River Rine. Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1996). A roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 64m E-W; c. 32m N-S) defined at S by a roughly coursed wall (H 0.88m; Wth 0.45m) with uprights cemented on top curving from W to E along the line of the castle moat (CL042-027001-) and at N by a short straight stretch of wall at NW adjoining the possible 17th-century guesthouse (CL042-027021-). A small gateway into the graveyard at S has some reused cut stone. Burials date mainly to the 19th and 20th centuries and the graveyard is still in use. Monitoring of groundworks undertaken in 2000 in advance of floodlighting the Abbey (Licence no. 00E0954) revealed disturbed human bone 1-2m outside the graveyard wall at S. (https://excavations.ie/report/2000/Clare/0004922/; accessed October 30, 2018). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 31 October 2018

• CL042-027010 Wall monument
  Description

  A slender wall monument (Wth 2.4m; D 0.8m) occupies the NE corner of the chancel of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-). A large slab with a moulded plinth is surmounted by a three-arched canopy with a widely spreading cornice supporting the great arch over the E window for most of its width. The arches are cusped and the spandrels are filled with well carved leaves in low relief. The cavetto or surround beneath the arch columns bears an inscription in raised gothic letters and is cited by Westropp (1892-4, 453) as follows: ‘Hic jacent Oid fili Laurencii [Lorcan] fili Mathi [Mahon] M com Ara et Constina M N Mara uxor Ej Q me fieri fecerut.’ An inscription on the front of the plain slab beneath is in capital letters and reads ‘Macnamara of Ayle. Died 1402’. A MacNamara armorial plaque is placed on the back wall under the canopy and a slab beneath it reads ‘This monument was erected by Mahon Daul McNemara, and repaired by Captain Teige McNemara of Ranna. A.D. 1714.’ (Ua Briain 1908) The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027010-_01.jpg Wall monument from SW. CL042-027010-_02.jpg Armorial plaque within wall monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 2 July 2018

• CL042-027011 Graveslab
  Description

  Westropp (1892-4, 278) describes a graveslab 'under the belfry' of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-). He cites the inscription, in Latin, in raised capitals, as 'HIC JACET JOHANN:S CAPITNS MACNAMARA 1601 ANNA FILIA MAC BRIEN A[VIA ALIAS ?] MACNMARRA ME FIERI FECIT.’ On inspection in April 2018, there was no graveslab with this inscription in evidence under the belfry or elsewhere. There was a graveslab lying recumbent under the belfry (CL042-027016-) with an inscription in English. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027012 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying recumbent at the E end of the nave of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-) adjacent to a side altar near the crossing tower. A limestone graveslab (L 0.9m; Wth 0.43m tapering to 0.23m at the top; D 0.07m). According to Westropp (1892-4, 279) the inscription in English reads ‘[Here lies the [body of] Donough [Macna] Mara of Ba…… who de[cease]d 1654.’ The slab is very weathered and is broken right across the middle in two places. Only a small portion of the inscription is legible. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 May 2018

• CL042-027015 School
  Description

  Situated c. 18m E of Quin Friary (CL042-027002-). A rectangular structure (int. dims. c. 15.8m NE-SW; c. 12m NW-SE) known locally as ‘The School’. The feature is the largest of the many grassed over structures close to the remains of the Friary. A building orientated NE-SW is depicted at this location on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. When partially excavated (Hull 2017) the walls were found to partially overlie the back-filled moat of the Anglo-Norman castle (CL042-027001-). Remains comprise grassed-over stone walls (H. 1m; Wth 1.7-2.8m) with evidence of an entrance (Wth 3.4m) in the S wall near the SE corner. A possible 17th-century lead bullet was found in the construction cut. A school was founded c. AD 1643 by Eugene O’Cahan and was destroyed by Cromwellians in 1651. Antonius Broudinus, a Clare-born Franciscan noted that the school or studium had over 800 students in 1644 although this is likely to be an exaggeration (McInerney 2014, 204). Hull (2017) notes that the scale of the building compares well with the’ Cabhal Tighe Breac’ or O'Davoren school at Cahermacnaghten, Co. Clare (CL009-001009-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 May 2018

• CL042-027016 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated under the S part of the belfry in Quin Abbey church (CL042-027002-). A large rectangular limestone graveslab (L 2.1m; Wth 0.75m; D 0.06m) oriented E-W. An inscription in English in raised Roman capitals extended around the entire edge but is very worn in places. The remaining legible part reads 'THIS IS THE ANCIENT TUMBE OF ROBE (?)...'. The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027016-_01.jpg View of slab from N. CL042-027016-_02.jpg Close view of inscription. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027017 Graveslab
  Description

  A trapezoidal shaped limestone graveslab (L 1.25m; Wth at top 0.77m; Wth at base 0.68m) lying E-W in the chancel of Quin Abbey church (CL042-027002-) immediately E of the crossing tower. The lower part of the stone is broken off at an angle. There is a very worn inscription at the top in raised Roman capitals possibly ending in the letters '...MOC'. The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027017-_01.jpg View of slab from E. CL042-027017-_02.jpg View of inscription from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027018 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated in the chancel of Quin Abbey church (CL042-027018-). A trapezoidal shaped graveslab oriented E-W and lying recumbent (L 1.3m; Wth at base 0.58m; Wth at mid-section 0.64m). The top left portion is broken away and there is no apparent inscription. The following image has been uploaded: CL042-027018-_01 View of slab from W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027019 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying recumbent at the entrance to the S transept in Quin Abbey church (CL042-027002-). A trapezoidal shaped limestone graveslab (L 1.69m; Wth at base 0.57m; Wth at shoulder 0.48m narrowing to 0.19m at the top). The slab is broken irregularly across the middle. An incised carving of an axe is at the lower end. Westropp (1900, 438) notes that this is said to be the tomb of a carpenter killed by a fall from the roof in medieval times. A second slab (CL042-027020-) lies immediately to the E. The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027019-_01.jpg View of slab from E. CL042-027019-_02.jpg View of slab from S showing incised carving of axe. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027020 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated at the entrance to the S transept of Quin Abbey church (CL042-027002-). A trapezoidal shaped limestone graveslab (L 1.19m; Wth at base 0.52m; max. remaining Wth 0.61m) with its top broken off and missing. The slab is oriented E-W and there is no evidence of an inscription. A second graveslab (CL042-027019-) lies immediately to the E. The following image has been uploaded: CL042-027010-_01.jpg View of slab from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• CL042-027021 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated on a sharp W-facing slope between the entrance doorway to Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-) (c. 8m to the E) and midway between it and the footbridge leading to St. Finghin's Church (CL042-027003-). Only the complete S gable of the house remains (L 7.9m), all other walls are completely removed to ground level. The internal face has a large central fireplace (opening Wth 1.91m; H 1.31m) with a correspondingly wide chimneybreast narrowing in a stepped fashion as it rises. The fireplace and some of the chimneybreast have very recently been restored. A cupboard (Wth 0.5m; H 0.56m; D 0.43m) is immediately beside the fireplace to the W. The roof was steeply pitched and there are 2 small square windows in what would have been a gabled attic space. The wall is built of roughly coursed limestone becoming uncoursed towards the top. Just a few well-cut quoins remain externally at the W end. These are cut at a wider angle than 90 degrees implying that the W wall was angled away from the building. The house forms part of the N boundary of the graveyard and is likely to have been a guesthouse associated with the friary. The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027021-_01.jpg View of remaining S gable from N. CL042-027021-_02.jpg View of gable from S. CL042-027021-_03.jpg View of chimney from N. CL042-027021-_04.jpg View of remaining qoinstones. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 May 2018

• CL042-027022 House - medieval
  Description

  Situated on a level area on the banks of the River Rine c. 80m SE of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-). Portion of the S wall of a rectangular earthwork was excavated in 2017 (Hull, Licence No. E004671). The house (c. 6.4m x 4.7m; wall T 1.7m at S) was rectangular and stone built with a possible doorway at the SE corner leading to an adjacent roadway (CL042-027023-). The S wall survived to 0.3m and was composed of limestone pieces built onto limestone bedrock. It is one of some 15-20 structures evident on aerial photographs and Lidar images. A large quantity of animal bone indicated domestic waste and a patch of oxidised soil indicated a central hearth. Animal bones from cattle, sheep and pigs were found as well as a single bone from a horse. Nails, suggesting timber components were found and a clay pipe bowl from the first half of the 17th century. Synthesis of the archaeological and historical information indicated that the structure (and most likely those adjacent) was built in the 15th century at the time of the period of construction at the abbey after 1433. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 2 July 2018

• CL042-027023 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Situated on a level area on the banks of the River Rine c. 80m SE of Quin Abbey (CL042-027002-). Portion of a roadway adjacent to a row of houses (see CL042-027022-) was excavated in 2017 (Hull, Licence No. E004671). The roadway was oriented NW-SE and was surfaced with coarse cobbles. The road is not shown on the 1st ed OS 6-inch map (1840) but according to Hull is probably an earlier iteration of the Limerick to Galway road. It would have necessitated a bridge c. 110m to the NE of the present 19th century stone bridge (see CL042-027024-). A possible reference to this road is in the Annals of Inisfallen from 1312 ‘On the Feast of St Andrew the Apostle in the same year Diarmait Ó Briain killed some of the Clann Chuiléin who opposed him on the public highway near Cuinche.’ Iron nails from the surface of the road suggested timber components of the adjacent building. A radiocarbon date of 1441-1631 (UBA-34959) was obtained from an animal tooth recovered from a secure context beneath the metalled roadway (Hull and McCooey 2018, 32). (Hull and McCooey 2015, 38-40; Hull 2017, 18) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 3 July 2017

Architectural heritage

• Quin Bridge, bridge, 1775–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch rubble stone hump-back road bridge over river, built c. 1800, with cut-stone voussoirs, keystones and V-cutwaters. Rubble stone parapets, haunches and abutments with cut-stone parapet copings. Flights of cut stone steps leading to river bank.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_692 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Quin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Quin · Cuinche

Area

165,180 m² (16.52 ha, 40.82 acres)

Civil parish

Quin, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Quin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Quin electoral division: 1,524 people in 533 households; 79% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Commons, Danganbrack, Feaghquin, Quingardens, Rine

Placenames

Quin on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.