Ennis
Ennis (Template:Irish place name) is the coonty town 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").
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]
[edit] References
- ↑ www.ennisbypass.ie
- ↑ Clare History: Census figures 2002-2006 (Clare): Population of towns ordered by size, 2002 and 2006. Clarelibrary.ie. Retrieved on 8 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ Welcome to TidyTowns Ireland. Tidytowns.ie. Retrieved on 8 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ News and Press Releases - Tidy Towns success for Ennis. Ennistowncouncil.ie (2008-09-10). Retrieved on 8 Juin 2010. .
