Theme Week Ireland – Ennis
Friday, 30 March 2018 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Ennis (Irish:
Inis , meaning “island”) is the
county town of
Clare in
Munster . The Irish name is short for
Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada (“island of the long rowing meadow”). The town is on the
River Fergus , north of where it enters the
Shannon Estuary , 19 km (12 mi) from
Shannon Airport . Ennis has a population of 25,000, making it the largest town in Clare and the
12th largest in Ireland. Clare became a county under the rule of
Elizabeth I and Ennis was chosen as its capital by the
Earls of Thomond because of its central location and great influence. Ennis received a grant to hold fairs and markets in 1610 and some years later a Charter for a Corporation with a Provost, Free Burgesses, Commonalty and a Town Clerk. Ennis continued to expand in the following centuries, mainly as a market town and later as a manufacturing and distributing centre. Many commodities were conveyed by river to
Clarecastle for shipment abroad.
Ennis is an historically important market town . The market square is still home to market stalls on each Saturday through the year, although with the rise in the town’s commercial retail sector it has shifted from agricultural produce to mainly textiles and home hardware. The market also has an organic farming element. The town centre consists of medieval narrow streets and laneways, overshadowed by structures built over the last thousand years. Of the main thoroughfares, Parnell Street has been pedestrianised , while the others, O’Connell Street, Bindon Street and Abbey Street, are one way. The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is on the fringe of the old town centre.
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Ennis serves as a major regional hub for County Clare. Among its emergency services, it contains the Ennis Regional Hospital, the HQ of the Clare Divisional Garda, the Clare Fire Brigade and Civil Defence. Ennis also includes many relief organisations, such as The Samaratans, Clare Care and St. Vincent De Paul. Among its civil services, it contains Clare County Council, as well as Social and Family affairs.
Ennis has been a centre for
Irish Traditional Music , and since 1974 has hosted the
Fleadh Nua in late May each year, the second largest traditional music festival in Ireland. There are other traditional festivals held in the town as well such as the Ennis Trad Festival held annually in November.
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