School: Clooney, Cuinche
- Location:
- Clooney, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 329
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“The last friar of Quin Abbey was Friar Hogan.”
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The key of Quin Abbey was found by Michael Merry when digging a grave.The hanger used in the kitchen of Quin Abbey was found when Board of Works was doing drainage work near the Abbey.it was in Quin Church for some time.Mas was said on Sundays in QUin Abbey while the new Church in Quin was building.The trough for boiling the stirabout during the Famine years can still be seen in Quin.The Irish Soldiers of Jame's Army coming to Limerick from Galway camped for the night in Quin Abbey.A traitor with papers in his pocket showing he was betraying secrets to the English was found in the Cloisters.The Soldiers were about to shoot him there and then when O Neill said no desecrate the holy ground with(continues on next page)
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- Michael Clune
- Gender
- Male