Ennis

AFTER 29 years, the Marian Avenue Cup Final is still going strong. This year’s charity game between the Leeds Supporters’ Club and the Chelsea Supporters’ team will kick off on Saturday, September 15 at the Fairgreen at 4pm.  

PROPOSALS to increase two-hour car parks to three hours in Ennis in a bid to generate more business for the town have been outlined by Ennis Town Council.

THE River Fergus could be flowing green this St Patrick’s Day under proposals to transform the entire town for the national holiday.

THE children of Clarecastle could soon have their very own playground if plans by the Clarecastle Community Development Company get the go-ahead.

WHEN author Richard Sullivan began researching his family history from his home in Hawaii a number of years ago, he had no idea it would lead all the way to Ennis and the colourful life of his great-great grandfather, John Sullivan.

A recent visit to Dublin saw representatives from Ennis receive good feedback on their work towards a Purple Flag for the town.

THE death has taken place of Mrs Frances Browne, Buttermarket Street, Ennis. She was wife of the late Kevin J Browne, a well-known journalist in the Mid-West until his death in 1986.

ENNIS has firmly been put on the map with this week’s launch of the Ennis Atlas, part of the Royal Irish Academy’s Irish Historic Towns Atlas project. The Ennis Atlas is the 25th in the Irish series, part of a Europe-wide project with similar publications for over 480 European urban centres.The publication traces, for the first time ever, the development of the county town throughout the centuries.The newly-published Ennis Atlas examines the growth of the town from its early O’Brien foundation at Clonroad to the medieval town that developed around the Franciscan Friary, to its function as an early modern market and county town through to the 20th century.Over 15 early maps and old views of Ennis are presented in the book, with additional thematic maps and illustrations along with an extensive essay by local man, Brian Ó Dálaigh. “I grew up around the lanes and streets of Ennis and I never thought I’d get to know them so well,” …