Laughlin Quin of Dublin
Dublin Records - North & South of the Liffey River
St. Michan’s Church, located on Church Street in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the city's oldest and most historically significant churches. It is renowned for its rich Viking origins, Reformation history, and famous crypts. Early Origins report it was founded circa 1095 as a Norse (Viking) chapel on the north side of the River Liffey and is named after St. Michan (or Mo-Chaein), an obscure Irish saint. It was the only parish church on the north side of the Liffey for many centuries.
During the Post-Norman Period it was incorporated into the Church of Ireland after the Norman Invasion and Reformation.
- Current stone structure built in 1686 over original medieval foundations. The church has a Georgian appearance with Gothic remnants with featuring a 1724 organ (reputedly played by Handel) and a barrel-vaulted ceiling that is famous for its acoustics and historical design.
Marriage Record
Within Dublin’s St. Michan Church registers we find Laughlin Quin marries Juane Brian between October 13th and October 26th of 1654. Note dates above and below the entry to ascertain the date range.
Vaults beneath the church naturally preserved mummies due to the limestone and methane-rich air. This site includes a Crusader knight, Sheares brothers (1798 Rebellion), and a preserved nun. The crypts were vandalized in 2019, but restoration is ongoing.
Death & Burial Record
Then in Dublin’s St. Audoen Church records we find Laughlin Quin is buried on August 6th, 1683. Noted as a poor man.
Founded c. 1190, originally Catholic, now Church of Ireland (Anglican). Located an High Street, Dublin 8, beside the old city wall and near Christchurch Cathedral.
Built around 1190 by Norman settlers, shortly after the Anglo-Norman invasion. Then dedicated to St. Audoen of Rouen, a 7th-century Frankish bishop. Functioned as a parish church for both the local English-speaking settlers and some Gaelic Irish. Contained multiple chantries (side altars endowed by wealthy families), such as The Guild of St. Anne, founded 1430, one of Dublin’s wealthiest and most powerful guilds.
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Loughlin Quin & Philip Welsh Outlaws (1701 & 1702)
1701 A 30 year old Loughlin Quin from Dublin is an outlaw in Kilkenny running free with cohort Philip Welsh. From MSS Marquis of Ormonde held at Kilkenny Castle.
King James' Irish Army List (1689)
Describes Capt. Thady Quinn and those attained including forfeitures of estates in the whole of Ireland.
Ireland in the 17th Century The Irish Massacres (1641 & 1642)
Ireland in the 17th Century The Irish Massacres (1641 & 1642)
The Trial of Father Edmund O'Reilly, Vicar General and the murders at the Black Castle of Wicklow names Richard Quin as the Portreeve of Wicklow.
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