Clare - Quin Friary 2009 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Clare Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Jim McNamara jpmcnamara@sbcglobal.net April 25, 2010, 8:40 am QUIN FRIARY 2009 Source: Jim McNamara Sioda Cam MacConmara built the castle and friary there in 1402 AD to give the Franciscans protection. Sioda's son was rescued from drowning in a river by a Franciscan monk, so that was the reason recorded for the building of this castle by a McNamara. He also built a small castle on a hill overlooking the townland Laccaroe Lower and it still stood there in late 1700s but no sign of it remains since 1800s.