ENNIS (Gaelic, Innis, an island; Irish, Ennis and Irish)

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ENNIS (Gaelic, Innis, an island; Irish, Ennis and Irish) , the county town of Co. Clare, Ireland, in the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

parliamentary division, on the river Fergus, 25 M. W.N.W. from Limerick by the

Great

GREAT

Southern & Western railway. Pop. of urban

district

DISTRICT

(1901) 5093. It is the junction for the West Clare line. Ennis has breweries, distilleries and extensive flour-mills; and in the neighbourhood limestone is quarried. The principal buildings are the Roman Catholic church, which is the pro-cathedral of the diocese of Killaloe; the parish church formed out of the ruins of the Franciscan Abbey, founded in 1240 by Donough Carbrac O'Brien; a school on the foundation of Erasmus

Smith

, and various county buildings. The abbey, though greatly mutilated, is full of interesting details, and includes a lofty tower, a marble screen, a chapter-

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, a notable

east

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EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

window, several fine tombs and an altar of St Francis. On the site of the old court-

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

a colossal statue in white limestone of Daniel O'Connell was erected in 1865. The interesting ruins of Clare Abbey, founded in 1194 by Donnell O'Brien, king of Munster, are half-way between Ennis and the

village

VILLAGE

of Clare Castle. O'Brien also founded Killone Abbey, beautifully situated on the lough of the same name, 3 M. S. of the town, possessing the unusual feature of a crypt and a holy well. Five miles N.W. of Ennis is Dysert O'Dea, with interesting ecclesiastical remains, a cross, a round tower and a castle. Ennis was incorporated in
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1612, and returned two members to the Irish

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

until the Union, and thereafter one to the Imperial

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

until 1885.

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