Fáilte Ireland today confirmed Ennis has made the shortlist of ten top towns from across the country selected for their 2013 Tourism Towns Award. The shortlist was announced at the National Tidy Towns Awards in The Helix, Dublin. Ireland’s Top Tourism Town in 2013 will now be selected from this shortlist and announced this November.
The shortlisted towns are:
- Cobh, Cork
- Drogheda, Louth
- Ennis, Clare
- Kenmare, Kerry
- Kilkenny City. Kilkenny
- Letterkenny, Donegal
- Mulranny, Mayo
- Murrisk, Mayo
- Tralee, Kerry
- Westport, Mayo
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.