Ennis
Ennis (Erse: Inis, meaning "island") is the coonty toun o Clare in Ireland. Situatit on the River Fergus, it lies north o Limerick an sooth o Galway. Its name is a shortenin of the oreeginal Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada ("lang rowin meadow island").
Ennis Inis | |
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  Ennis Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′47″N 8°58′51″W / 52.8463°N 8.9807°WCoordinates: 52°50′47″N 8°58′51″W / 52.8463°N 8.9807°W | |
| Kintra | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| Coonty | Coonty Clare |
| Dáil Éireann | Clare |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 20,180 |
| • Rural | 5,180 |
| Irish Grid Reference | R333780 |
| Website | www |
The toun is 19 km (12 mi) frae Shannon an Shannon Airport. Geographically locatit near the mouth o the Fergus estuary, it is nou a gateway tae the Wast o Clare via the N85 Wastren relief road for fowk travellin frae the Limerick an East Clare regions.[1]
The 2006 census indicates that Ennis haed a population o 24,253 makin it the lairgest toun in Munster an the saxt lairgest town in Ireland.[2] It is the 11t lairgest urban centre in the kintra.
In 2005 Ennis wan the Irish Tidy Towns Competition.[3] The toun haes maintained this hie status ower the years comin 2nt in 2008, an improvement on the previous year.[4]
References
eedit- ↑ www.ennisbypass.ie
- ↑ "Clare History: Census figures 2002-2006 (Clare): Population of towns ordered by size, 2002 and 2006". Clarelibrary.ie. Retrieved 8 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "Welcome to TidyTowns Ireland". Tidytowns.ie. Archived frae the original on 6 Februar 2011. Retrieved 8 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "News and Press Releases - Tidy Towns success for Ennis". Ennistowncouncil.ie. 10 September 2008. Archived frae the original on 6 Februar 2011. Retrieved 8 Juin 2010.
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