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List of Best Things to do in Ennis, Ireland.
Quin Abbey
Dromore Wood Nature Reserve
The Clare Museum
Ennis Friary
Daniel O'Connell Monument
Clare Abbey
Killone Abbey
County Clare,(The Banner County), Ireland.
North County Clare, The Burren etc.
How did County Clare get its name?
It is often said that County Clare is named after the de Clares. However this is not the origin, rather, the name comes from the Irish word 'Clár', meaning a board or plank. A board was placed across the river Fergus outside Ennis, at a place which was to become known as Clare, (now Clarecastle town). This Clare was a place of some importance as early as the 12th Century - thus predating the arrival of the de Clare family to County Clare.
Why is County Clare often called 'The Banner County'?
The custom of carrying banners goes back a long way in County Clare. There is little doubt but that the Dal gCais carried banners at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 or that the Clare Dragoons carried banners at Fontenoy in 1745 and in the many battles fought by the Clare Regiments on the continent during the eighteenth century. However, the name 'the banner county' would appear to be of far more recent origin. In the last century as population of the county became more politicized the custom of carrying banners to political meetings became widespread. Thus many banners welcomed Daniel O'Connell at the Clare election of 1828 and the freeholders of the county marched behind banners to the Ennis courthouse to cast their votes for O'Connell on that occasion.
In Ennis most trade guilds had their own banners: bakers, butchers, brogue makers, coopers, nailers, dyers, masons, harness makers, cartwrights, stone cutters etc. all competed to produce the most handsome of banners. At the inaugeration of the O'Connell monument in Ennis in 1865 thirteen different guilds carried banners, each representing the attributes of their particular trade. That this represented a long tradition in the town is not in doubt since, on that occasion, the brogue makers' guild carried a flag that had first been unfurled in 1726.
My own great grandfather, Brian Daly, was the custodian of the Ennis coopers' banner and parts of the banner are still retained by the family. The coopers' banner was not of the two pole variety that one usually sees today but was carried on a long single pole, topped by a small barrel; the banner itself hung down like a picture from a horizontal staff stretched across the top of the pole. I can recall as a child seeing the banner which was then much injured by time; it was a rusted red colour and carried the inscription 'Hearts of Oak'. This banner along with many others were carried along the streets to greet the various dignitaries that visited the town in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Politicians like Parnell and de Valera were greeted by hosts of banners. It is easy to see then in the political excitement of the times how the county acquired the name 'the banner county'. The reason the name stuck with Clare, I would suggest, was that custom of greeting politicians with banners, particularly at election time, survived longer in Clare than in other counties. The Parnellite and de Valera eras coincided with the rise of the GAA and the name soon transferred to the county's hurling and football teams.
Street Session at Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann 2016
Musicians from counties Derry, Antrim and Tyrone, including several from Newbridge CCE, playing at the statue of Daniel O'Connell in Ennis at Fleadh Ceoil na hEireann on Monday, 22nd August 2016.
Brud Petty from Doolin recites Daniel O Connell versus Biddy Moriarity recorded Jun 24 1988
Brud (PJ) Petty lived all his life in Knockarron, Ballyreen, Doolin, County Clare. He was a bachelor farmer who loved to entertain. He was a musician and singer, but mostly he was known for his recitations. He had an exceptional ability to remember these stories without much study and a unique method of delivery. He was part of a group of musicians who tourists sought out when they visited Doolin and Lisdoonvarna. He together with musicians of his generation some of which are The Russell's, Killoughry's, Willie Beag Shannon, Mickaleen Conlon, Joe Leyden, all played a huge role in making Doolin the mecca for music and song that it is today.
Owen O'Shea, Labour
Ennis Public Meeting
The Crescent, Limerick city
Pan of The Crescent from the SW (Kerry road) end to the NE (Limerick city centre) end.
From the O'Connell statue to the Jesuit church to no.18.
Video 2006.
X-PO 1
X-PO was opened as a public art project by Deirdre OMahony in Kilnaboys disused Post Office, in the Burren, North Clare. The artist curated work by contemporary artists and worked with local groups to generate and foster discussion on how to maintain an active, inclusive social community and preserve and expand on the specific knowledge and sense of place that defines locality. Ten exhibitions have taken place involving artists and local groups and four separate archives of different forms of local knowledge created. X-PO is now managed, invigilated, funded and programmed by the community. The project will be closed during the summer months re-opening in September 2009.
Stacy Family Trip, Ireland-Watch in 720p
Graduation trip before Connor is shipped off to the University of Notre Dame. Stops include Dublin, Killarney, Blarney Stone, Cliffs of Mohr, and others.
Music Rights Include Headlights by Chanes (Mashup if Wiz Khalifa and The Flaming Lips) as well as Home by Horrorshow
(Both are great artists)
Ireland Irish and Irish Coffee ))))
Tralee ( Tralee's town park)
Iveragh Peninsula (town Killorglin, Waterville, Sneem,Kenmare)
The Dingle Peninsula (town Dingle)
Town Ennis (St Columba's Church at Ennis)
Towns Shannon and Limerick
Connemara
Belfast (Belfast Castle, Belfast City Hall)
Dublin (Dublin Castle, Father Mathew Bridge, the River Liffey, Grafton Street)