The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century . Wfe. UI CAISIN. 51 signifies the Descendant of the Healer from the root ic toheal,1 QUIX PARISH. In ODonovans edition of the Annals of the Four Mastershe states in a note2 that St. Finghin was the patron of thisparish. In the same work3 we read that in 1005 died , Abbot of Roscrea. In OHanlons Lives of theIrish Saints, at ^he fifth of February, the life of St. Finghin,Bishop of Metz, is given, and Father OTIanlon hazards aconjecture that the Abbot of Roscrea and the Bisho
The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century . Wfe. UI CAISIN. 51 signifies the Descendant of the Healer from the root ic toheal,1 QUIX PARISH. In ODonovans edition of the Annals of the Four Mastershe states in a note2 that St. Finghin was the patron of thisparish. In the same work3 we read that in 1005 died , Abbot of Roscrea. In OHanlons Lives of theIrish Saints, at ^he fifth of February, the life of St. Finghin,Bishop of Metz, is given, and Father OTIanlon hazards aconjecture that the Abbot of Roscrea and the Bishop ofMetz are one and the same person. Only one saint namedFinghin is mentioned in the Irish calendars.* St. Finghinsoriginal church at Quin, it need scarcely be said was severalcenturies older than the great Franciscan Monastery of thesame place. It is situated on the other side of the littleriver Rine, and its remains are in a tolerable state ofpresevation. From its size, it is evident that it was thechurch of a large and very thickly populated parish informer days. The derivation of the word Quin, pronouncedin
Size: 1470px × 1701px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidhistorytopograph00fros
