The biggest horse fairs used be held in Spacillhill on the 24th of June. When the used go to the fair they used have to pay for a drink of water, and ever since the fair of Spancillhill is on a rainy day. The people coming to the fair used lodge in Quin.
There is a fair-green in Quin where the fairs are held. The toll-collecter is Dennis Hassett. There are four fairs held in Quin every year. The 1st of November and the 7th of July are the old fairs, and the 15th of January and the 19th of February are the new fairs.

The fairs used be held in Quin Spancillhill and Ardsollus. The old fairs are still held in Quin on the 7th of July and the first of November and in Spancillhill on the 23th and 24th of June. There is no fair held now in Ardsollus nor for the last sixty years. They say the building of the Railway put a stop to the fairs.
There is a special field in Quin and Spanchillhill called the fair-green. There is money called toll on every beast by the owner to the toll collector. When the buyer is paying for the beasts he gets a small sum of money back from the seller which is called a luck-penny. When they are making the bargain the buyer spits on his hand and strikes the seller's hand.

"Landlords"
The village of Quin is divided into three townlands namely Quin,Quingardens, and Quinville. Sir John Kane was the landlord of Quin.He lived in Cappoquin, Co.Waterford.That landlord was good to his tenants.The rent was always very reasonable ,and he never evicted anybody from his farm.
Lord Limerick was the landlord of Quingardens,and is still landlord of a few holdings ,in the village.He was a good landlord .The rents were low and there were no evictions.
The landlord of Quinville

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4. 38.This story was told to Mary O'Loughlin ,Creevagh ,Quin ,by James Meaney ,Creevagh ,Quin,Co Clare.
There was a man living in the County of Limerick and he dreamt he got money in a castle.He came to the Fair of Quin ,and he was looking over at Dangannabrack Castle and he said it was like the castle he dreamt of.He went over to the castle and he told the woman that was living there that he dreamt he got gold and,he showed her the place in the wall.She told him to go back to Mass and to come over again.When he was gone she told her husband and he rooted into the wall and got a boot of gold.When the man came back she told him that they looked for the gold and got nothing.

the Moyriesk Macnamaras who ran up heavy debts and were obliged to sell their property to pay their creditors. Fireball died in Coogane Cottage near Danganbrack Castle and was buried in the aisle at the right hand side of the high altar in Quin Abbey where his grave can be seen at the present day.Though he did very strange things during his life-time he died a good Catholic. Father Mac Mahon who was Parish Priest of Quin at the time and afterwards Bishop of Killaloe gave him the last Sacraments. This Bishop Mac Mahon is buried near the High Altar in Quin Abbey.

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30.4.'38.Story told by John Sammon,Quin .Co. Clare.
Quin Abbey was built as a result of a vow made Macon Macnamara ,Lord Clanculein in 1402.At the time he was living in Dangan Castle.His son and heir,a boy of four years of age was found missing search being made for him,he was found in a pond in the lawn and taken out dead. His parents made a vow that if God restore him to them they would found a church in Quin as a thanksgiving offering.The boy was restored to life on the Feast of St.Francis the 4th of October 1402.On that day the boy received the additional name of Francis ,a name much honoured by the Macnamara family from that time to the present.

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20-6- 38. A Story. There was a dressmaker whose name was Mrs.Meade living in Quin. She was making a dress for a woman named Mrs. Clune who was living in Danganbrack Castle.One evening this woman went for a dress.When she was returning Mrs. Creagh and Mrs Meade and her two children conveyed her a part of the way.As they were going back to Quin Mrs .Quin saw a very large black dog approaching them .She began to scream .Then her two children saw the dog and they also began to cry. Mrs.Creagh took her Rosary Beads from her pocket and made the sign of the Cross on the ground and the dog did not pass that spot.Then they went out on the road and Mrs.Meade sat down and fainted. Mrs Creagh brought the children home and she and another woman came back and brought Mrs.Meade home.She got very sick next day and died within a week.She was a beautiful woman and when she was dead nobody knew she was Mrs.Meade .It was said that the fairies took her and left

One morning a farmer went to herd his cattle in the abbey fields of Quin. His attention was attracted by something glistening in the morning sun. At first he thought it was a dewdrop. On closer examination he perceived that it was some buried object that was glistening. Unearthing the object, he was agreeably surprised to discover a large silver chalice. The man readily disposed of his "find".
Sometime afterwards the parish priest of Quin heard of the story and made every effort to recover the chalice. Not without difficulty he succeeded in doing so. It is now in the possession of Father Ceary the present parish priest of Quin. O
On the stand of the chalice is inscribed the following in Latin

Quin parish. The well is situated on the boundary between the parish of Quin and Doora.
Portion of the old road over which Daniel OConnell travelled from Limerick to Ennis passed through the townlands of Ballymarkham, Deerpar, Ballykilty, Aylecotty Andsollas and Blackwarl. The road led over the River Rive. Convenient to the bridge was an Inn. At this Inn Daniel often stopped, and people from Quin went to meet him here. There is no trace of the inn to be seen now, but up to comparatively recent times a large stone rested on the wall that marks the site of the Inn. On the stone was inscribed "Food for man and beast." It is said that the stone was removed to the residence of the Protestant Bishop of Limerick.
This old road was the main artery between Limerick and Ennis. Long ago there was a ford at Ardsollus, where the bridge above mentioned was later built

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30'4'38 Story told by Mr. Casey.Roulterer, Roche's Street,Limerick
Years ago a pattern used to be held I St John's Day near the Abbey of Quin.A huxter from Limerick City used to attend the Pattern every year.At that time there were no enclosing walls around they abbey grounds ,nor gates in the entrance to the abbey itself.This old man had a great fancy for ornamental stones or carved stones .he found one in Quin Abbey and took it away with him to Limerick City.
and deposited it in the backyard with a heap of other stones.Some years later Mr Casey was reconstructing his residence and required some stones .he heard that the huxter mentioned above had some stones for sale.he purchased them and brought them to his own place.Amongst them he found a stone about eighteen inches long and nine inches wide on which was beautifully carved a cat with two tails.When the old man was questioned about the remarkable stone he remembered having brought it from Quin Abbey Mr.Casey related that the story of the stone is as
follows :When dinner was laid one day in the refectory in Quin Abbey,one of the monks was ill and unable to leave the dormitory .The monk sitting next the absent monk not only partook of his own

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free from cholera during this dreadful time.It is alleged that the Friars of Quin Abbey on a former occasion when a plague was devastating the the country side prayed that the district may always free from the scourge.
Many people flocked from Ennis to Quin whilst the Choleraraged.They took up their abode in Quin village. Many families now in Quin originally from Ennis.They were chiefly of the tradesmen class.They pursued their avocations in the village,and affected the ways to the town.One shoemaker had over his doorway the following inscription .
Here lives a man who wont refuse
To mend and make both boots and shoes.
His teacher is good ,and his work is quick
His profits are small ,so he cant give "tick".

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Forges
There are three forges in the parish.The names of the smiths are Mr.Vaughin ,Mr.O'Halloran and Mr. Morony. The Hallorans have been smiths for over one hundred years.The others are smiths for a few years only. Halloran's forge is situated 1 and 1/2 miles from Quin at the cross roads generally known as the Smith's Cross.Mr. Vaughan's forge is by the roadside about four miles from Quin.Morony's forge is situated by the roadside in the village of Quin.
The roof of the forge is slated .There is an arched doorway leading into it.The door is fastened by copper nails.There is only one fireplace in it.The bellows has two large sides and they open and out .They

My home district is Rathclooney and its barony is Upper Bunratty.
In my district there are nine families. There are four people over seventy, Mrs. MacNamara, Rathclooney, Quin, Co. Clare, Mrs. McMahon, Rathclooney, Quin, Co. Clare and James Whelan, Rathclooney, Quin, Co. Clare.
The houses, which are in this district are long one-storied thatched houses. There are not many windows in these houses, but there are two doors in them, a front door and a back door.
The land that is in this district is very good land. There are not many hills or waste places. There is only one big lake called OBrien's Big Lough.
Long ago many people emigrated to America, as they could not get enough food to eat.

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1. The last friar of Quin Abbey was Friar Hogan.He lived in a little hut in Drim,the site of which is still pointed out.he is buried in Quin Abbey.
2. Two faithful lovers were buried in Quin Abbey .They are buried in the one grave,two shrubs grew over the grave, This was called "The True Lover's Knot."
3.James O Dea and a man called Mc Hugh were hunting after rabbits near the abbey.They removed some stones to get the rabbits and came on an underground passage that seemed to lead under the abbey.
4.There is a tradition that the old Abbey Bell is buried some distance from the front gate leading into the graveyard.
5.There is a tradition that the gold ornaments are buried near the "hanging hole "but in the night when they tried to get it,they were frightened.

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A boy in Quin was remaining delicate and no improvement was coming on him from day to day.At last his friends decided to consult Biddy Early about him.They got their horse and sidecar ready and drove to Biddy's house .Now the horse was a very quite animal and was never known to show any "vice".
When they went to Biddy ,they told her about the delicate young man .She gave them a bottle but warned them to take great care of the bottle when passing through Quin Cross Roads ,for if the bottle got broken all would be lost.
All went well until they came to Quin Cross .here the horse got suddenly furious .he reared and jumped and backed the car against the shoemaker's door that was at the Cross and put in the door, jambs and all. The local neighbours collected and had at last put a "gren" on the horse to enable them to bring him home.

4. "Roads". The road from Quin to Ennis is called "The New Line".It was built more recently than ant other road in the parish probably about 70 or 80 years ago.The others are the Curragh road which leads to Clare-castle ,The Ardsollus road which leads from Doora to Ardsollus.The Mine road which is a very old raoaad leads to Quin from Doora through the old silver- mine.The

and nobody knew where the treasure was left but it is between Quin Abbey and Knopogue Castle.
The bell of Quin Abbey is hidden in the river. The bell is weighted with lead, because it is said that when thunder comes the bell would ring if it was not covered with lead.

"Fast Runners"
At the sports in Quin long ago a many the name of Howard from Tullas used to compete every year .One year he was challenged by a man named Mack from Quin .The two of them ran the two mile race but Mack won by a yard and

"Fast Walkers"
Mr Flood a teacher in Quin was considered a very fast walker ,he could walk from Quin to Limerick in an hour.Another man named Crowe could walk 7 miles in 58 seconds.

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"The Patron Saint of the Locality St Finghing is the patron saint of Quin.St Finghing's church is situated at the back of the abbey in the trunk of an oak tree.At one time the well was at the opposite side of the river.When Cromwell's soldiers visited Quin it was said that is was desecrated by them ,and it disappeared and appeared at the opposite side of the river.
Quin abbey was built by Mac Namara .It was said that one of his sons was amusing himself around a lake and accidentally fell into the lake and was found ,but was not expected to live.The father promised if the son recovered he would build a monastory in thanksgiving and he did.
The monastory was built in the year 1280 and was burned in the year 1286 ,and was rebuilt in the year 1402 by