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The present abbey was rebuilt either by Mac Cam Dall
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castle was built soon after by Thomas de Clare, a military commander. The foundations of the castle's enormous corner towers can still be seen. Around 1350 the castle, by then a ruin, was rebuilt as a church by the
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described it thus: "Quin is one of the finest and most entire monasteries that I have seen in
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In 1760 the friars were ultimately expelled, although the last Friar, John Hogan, remained there until his death in 1820, by which time the buildings were ruined by neglect.
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