Quin (parish) explained

Quin
Settlement Type:Roman Catholic parish
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:52.8183 -0.0153583333333333
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Clare
Leader Title1:Dáil Éireann
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Quin, also known as Quin & Clooney, is a parish in County Clare and part of the Abbey grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[1]

Current (2022) co-parish priest is Tom O'Gorman.[2]

The present parish contains the mediaeval parishes of Quin and Clooney, that were administered together since the seventeenth century.[3]

Churches

The main church is the St. Mary's Church in Quin. Building of this church started in 1836, to be completed in 1837. The interior was finished in 1856.[4]

The second church in the parish is the Church of Pope John XXIII in the village Clooney. This church was built in 1975 and replaced an older chapel on that site. First there was an eighteenth century mass house here, that was replaced by a small chapel in 1801. An attempt in 1820 to replace that chapel was thwarted by the local landlord. Instead, the building was enlarged in 1839.[5]

The third church of the parish is a chapel named St. Stephen Church in the townland Maghera. It was built in 1932.[6]

External links

References

  1. News: Widespread Changes In Line Up of Clergy In Killaloe Diocese. Clare.fm. 9 June 2018. 29 May 2022.
  2. https://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/quin/ Quin & Clooney
  3. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 197.
  4. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 197.
  5. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 198.
  6. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 199.