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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
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 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.
Counties
Munster
Clare
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford
Connaught
Galway
Leitrim
Mayo
Roscommon
Sligo |
Leinster
Carlow
Dublin
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Longford
Louth
Meath
Offaly
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow |
Ulster (Ireland)
Cavan
Donegal
Monaghan
Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Antrim
Armagh
Derry
Down
Fermanagh
Tyrone |
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Clare Flag
Saffron and Blue |
Irish Flag
Green, White and Gold (Orange) |
European Flag
Dark Blue and Yellow Stars |
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