Ennis

Ennis () 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  ("lang rowin meadow island"). 

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.www.ennisbypass.ie

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. It is the 11t lairgest urban centre in the kintra.

In 2005 Ennis wan the Irish Tidy Towns Competition. The toun haes maintained this hie status ower the years comin 2nt in 2008, an improvement on the previous year.

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Category:Touns an veelages in Coonty Clare
Category:Coonty touns in the Republic o Ireland