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ENNIS (Gaelic, Innis, an island; Iris...

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENNIS (Gaelic, Innis, an See also:island; Irish, Ennis and Irish)  , the See also:county See also:town of Co . See also:Clare, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:river Fergus, 25 M . W.N.W. from See also:Limerick by the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5093 . It is the junction for the See also:West Clare See also:line . See also:Ennis has breweries, distilleries and extensive See also:flour-See also:mills; and in the neighbourhood See also:limestone is quarried . The See also:principal buildings are the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church, which is the See also:pro-See also:cathedral of the See also:diocese of See also:Killaloe; the See also:parish church formed out of the ruins of the Franciscan See also:Abbey, founded in 1240 by Donough Carbrac O'Brien; a school on the See also:foundation of See also:Erasmus See also:Smith, and various county buildings . The abbey, though greatly mutilated, is full of interesting details, and includes a lofty See also:tower, a See also:marble See also:screen, a See also:chapter-See also:house, a notable east window, several See also:fine tombs and an See also:altar of St See also:Francis . On the site of the old See also:court-house a See also:colossal statue in See also:white limestone of See also:Daniel O'Connell was erected in 1865 . The interesting ruins of Clare Abbey, founded in 1194 by Donnell O'Brien, See also:king of See also:Munster, are See also:half-way between Ennis and the See also:village of Clare See also: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 See also:crypt and a See also:holy well .

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miles N.W. of Ennis is Dysert O'Dea, with interesting ecclesiastical remains, a See also:cross, a See also:round tower and a castle . Ennis was incorporated in See also:ENNISKILLEN 647 1612, and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union, and thereafter one to the Imperial parliament until 1885 .

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