Ennis

Ennis is the county town and the main road junction of County Clare. Although an old town with narrow winding streets, it is a progressive business and marketing centre. The River Shannon and Lough Derg form the eastern boundary of County Clare. On the West is the wonderfully varied Atlantic coast, with mighty cliffs, caverns and sandy bays. To the north this rugged coast rises nearly 700 feet above the sea in the sheer Cliffs of Moher; here also is the amazing limestone district called the Burren, with its many caves, underground streams and rare flora. On the South is the broad Shannon estuary, where Ireland's greatest river meets the sea.

Ennis became Ireland's Information Age Town on September 24th 1997. The town and it's residents will now benefit from a £15 million prize from Telecom Eireann to develop Ennis as one of the most technologically advanced towns in the world. Nowhere else has a community had the experience of living in a town where all the communication tools of the 21st century are available to them in such abundance. The goal of the project is for people to come to terms with using technology as part of their daily lives. This project is seen as a catalyst for the way we will live in the future.