a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of Ireland, capital of the county of Clare, situated on the Fergus, here crossed by 4 bridges. Distance from Limerick, 20 miles N.W. The town is meanly and irregularly built. The principal edifices are the parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, used as the cathedral for the diocese of Killaloe, a Methodist meeting-house, an endowed and two national schools, county court-house, fever hospital, infirmary, gaol, workhouse, and market-house. At a short distance from the town is Ennis College, founded by Erasmus Smith. Ennis has a considerable trade in grain, flour, and other commodities, which are conveyed in lighters for shipment to Clare, 3 miles lower down the river. There are extensive flour mills in the town. Market-day, Saturday. Races are held annually in the neighbourhood. A railway is in course of construction between this town and Limerick. Ennis returns a member to parliament. Electors (1851) 143. Pop. (1851), in town 7800; in workhouse 3542; gaol 727; infirmary 96.