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Alan Cronin
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IO52MT
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Ennis
County Clare
Ireland |
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Location |
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County Clare |
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Ennis:
Located 10 miles North of Shannon Airport.
County Clare: Located Mid-South West
of Ireland.
Towns of County Clare: Ennis, Shannon,
Kilrush, Kilkee and Killaloe. |
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Ireland's Tidy Town Winner 2005 |
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History Of Ennis
Place Name: Ennis, the town takes its
name from the Gaelic word "Inis", which means
island which was formed between two streams
of the River Fergus and on which the foundations
of the Ennis Abbey were laid.
History: The town of Ennis owes its origin
to the O' Briens of Thomond who moved from Limerick
and settled in Clonroad, Ennis where they built
their castle (at the north-east of the modern
town) between 1208 and 1216. An O' Brien invited
the Franciscans to establish a settlement within
his domain in C. 1240. The O' Briens ruled until
the 16th century when they moved to Bunratty
Castle.
Ennis became a thriving market town in the late
18th century and this expansion continued unabated
throughout the 19th century (except the period
after the famine in C.1850). Ennis today continues
to expand and develop and is one of the few
towns in Ireland to retain balance between the
past and the present. It is estimated that the
population in Ennis is over 20,000 at the moment. |
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Ireland |
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Ireland is the third largest
island in Europe and the twentieth largest in
the world. It lies to the northwest of Continental
Europe. It is surrounded by hundreds of islands
and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated
by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain.
Politically, the state known as Ireland covers
five sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland,
a part of the United Kingdom, occupying the
remainder in the northeast. The name 'Ireland'
derives from Old Irish Ériu (in modern Irish,
Éire) with the addition of the Germanic word
'land'.
The population of the island is slightly under
six million (2006), with 4,239,848 in the Republic
of Ireland (1.7 million in Greater Dublin )
and about 1.7 million in Northern Ireland (0.6
million in Greater Belfast).
Nationality: Irish.
Languages: English and Gaelic.
Provinces: Connaught, Leinster, Munster
and Ulster. |
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Counties |
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Munster
Clare
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford
Leinster
Carlow
Dublin
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Longford
Louth
Meath
Offaly
Westmeath
Wexford
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Connaught
Galway
Leitrim
Mayo
Roscommon
Sligo
Ulster (Ireland)
Cavan
Donegal
Monaghan
Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Antrim
Armagh
Derry
Down
Fermanagh
Tyrone |
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Flags |
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Clare Flag
Colours: Saffron and Blue. |
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Irish Flag
Colours: Green, White and Gold (Orange). |
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