Vintage Image Circa 1970: Franciscan Abbey built 1433 with an Anglo-Norman de Clare fortress that was destroyed in 1318, Quin, County Clare, Ireland

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Quin Abbey is a ruined Franciscan abbey or friary in Quin, roughly 9 miles from Ennis, County Clare in Ireland. The friary was founded around 1402 by Síoda Cam MacNamara and became an Observant Reformed house in 1433. While many friaries were founded on the site of earlier religious houses and monasteries, Quin friary occupies the site of the Anglo-Norman de Clare fortress that was built after 1278 and destroyed in 1318.[1] The remains of the castle are still visible as they were incorporated into the friary, with the foundations of three of the corner towers of the curtain wall surviving to varying degrees. In 1651, Cromwellian forces killed the monks and destroyed the abbey. In 1671, the abbey was once again restored, but never regained its former status.

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Size: 4943px × 4972px
Location: Quin, County Clare, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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