New Quay, County Clare

{{short description|Village in County Clare, Ireland}}

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New Quay or Newquay ({{irish place name|An Chéibh Nua}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1165720.aspx | website = logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = An Chéibh Nua / Newquay | accessdate = 3 April 2023 }} is a small coastal settlement in County Clare, Ireland. It takes its name from the quay built at this point on Galway Bay in the 19th century.{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/A/Abbey-Burren-Clare.php | chapter = Abbey | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | quote = The small port of New Quay is situated about a quarter of a mile to the north of the village of Burren [..] at the village of New Quay (so called from the construction of this quay, about eight years since), a little to the east of an older one, of which there are still some remains }} New Quay is in the civil parish of Abbey and the historical barony of Burren.{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/burren_barony.htm | title=Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland |year=1845|chapter=Barony of Burren|via = clarelibrary.ie }} It is within the ecclesiastical parish of Carron & New Quay in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.{{cite web|url = https://www.galwaydiocese.ie/parishes/carron-new-quay | title = Parishes - Carron & New Quay | website = galwaydiocese.ie | accessdate = 3 April 2023 }} The former holiday home of Lady Gregory, Mount Vernon Lodge, is located in a neighbouring townland, also called New Quay.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20400303/mount-vernon-lodge-newquay-new-quay-clare| publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Mount Vernon Lodge, Newquay, New Quay, Clare | accessdate = 3 April 2023 }} In the ITA Topographical and General Survey, published by the Irish Tourist Association in 1942, New Quay is described as "scarcely [..] a village as the houses are very scattered. However there is a Guards station, a P.O., and two shops".{{cite book |url = https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/ita_survey_1942/new_quay.htm | via = clarelibrary.ie | publisher = Irish Tourist Association | work = I.T.A. Topographical and General Survey | title = New Quay | date = 1942 | first = James | last = Henchy }} A pub and restaurant on the quayside, Linnane's Bar, is located in the former post office building.{{cite web|url = https://www.linnanesbar.com/about-us/| website = linnanesbar.com | title = Linnane's Lobster Bar – New Quay, Co. Clare – About Us | accessdate = 3 April 2023 }}