Fr. Colm Clinton, a member of Saint Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (SPS) was the parish priest for 17 years until his retirement in 2023.[1] The priest of the neighbouring parish of Ballyvaughan/Fanore now also covers Carron/New Quay in addition to his own parish.[citation needed]
The parish is an amalgamation of the former parishes of Abbey, Kilcorney, Noughaval and Oughtmama.[2]
The main church of Carron/New Quay parish is the St. Columba Church in Carron, built in 1861 by Fr. James Gleeson.[3] The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Patrick in New Quay. The original church from 1840 was later replaced by a new one that was blessed in 1939.[4] The third church of the parish is the Church of St. Mochua in Noughaval. This was originally a Protestant church in 1860, located in Ballyvaughan, but carefully taken apart and moved to Noughaval. It entered service again in 1943.[5]