Location and Brief Description:
Ennis is built on Fergus River, and is the largest town in Clare. The streets are narrow, and most of the houses small. Bindon St. and Bank Place contain the offices of the professional men, Banks, and Post Office, above are wide streets. Seventy pubs, ten solicitor’s offices, two BL’s, eight doctors, six engineers, six garages, four banks, thirty reg’d hackney owners, two printing offices – one – “The Clare Champion”, a provincial paper, three post offices, two factories, three chemist shops, one Garda barracks, staffed by twenty four Garda, two military posts, four reg’d clubs, two cinemas, two N.S. and two secondary schools, three good hotels.

Is there a Town Hall? Yes Location: In O’Connell St.

Parks, Gardens and Recreation Grounds. Brief Description:
There are no parks or gardens. There is a very good hurling and football G.A.A. field. A 9-Hole Golf Course. Two tennis green courts - four courts.

Brief comments on water supply and sewerage:
There is a good water supply piped and filtered. The source of supply is Gortaganniv Lake in Kilmaley parish. The sewerage system is also good, So states the M.O.H. Dr. Bugler.

Public Services
Nearest station: ¼ mile Ennis
Distance: ¼ mile
Bus? Yes
Public lighting by—Electricity? Yes, E.S.B. system Gas? None

Libraries
Public Libraries: There is a County Council Public Library with no reading room attached. The books are lent out.
Private Lending Libraries: There is a small lending library privately run.

Postal Facilities
Location of Post Office: Bank Place (near O’Connell Square) and two sub offices - in O’Connell St. and Clonroad.
Business (? M.O., Telegraph, Telephone): All three at P.O. in Bank Place. The O’Connell and Clonroad offices are merely letter offices, with no M.O. or Telephone Business.

Banking
Banks:
Bank of Ireland, O’Connell Square
Munster & Leinster, Bank Place
National, Bank Place
Provincial, Bindon Street

Sports and Photo Supplies
Sports Dealers:
Messrs Baker, Abbey St., Ammunition Dealer etc.
Ennis Hardware Stores, fish tackle etc., Parnell St.
Photographic Stores: The three chemist shops supply photographic prints.
Messrs Seymours, The Square
Dr. Bugler’s, Abbey Street
Coughlan’s, Parnell St.

Swimming Pools and Baths
Swimming Pool? Ballyallia Lake Location: On Barefield Road - two miles from Ennis

Social Clubs, Cultural Societies, &c.
Social Clubs: Four; The O’Connell Club, Oddfellows, Foresters and Ennis Club. Labour Club - Not Registered.

Industries and Handcrafts
Industries:
The Braid Mills employ up to 250 persons. Is a very fine modern factory, paying high dividends.
The Whiting factory employs eight men.
Hassett’s Mineral Water factory - a small stores.
P.C. McMahon, and Messrs McInerney, have saw mills.
Handcrafts or Cottage Industries (Give names of craftsmen, employer, &c.):
The Ennis Vocational (or Technical school) gives tuition in Domestic Economy, Commerce, Wood and Metal Work, Rural Science, etc. to 200 pupils. There are six other smaller subsidiary technical schools in the county. Mr. Mulcahy is the principal craftsman.

Public Monuments (Brief description; inscription to be quoted)
The O’Connell Monument. A lofty pillar with statue of “The Liberator” with inscription “On this spot in the year 1828, Dan’l O’Connell was returned M.P. for Clare. Proposed by O’Gorman Mahon. Seconded by Tom Steele”. “Maid of Erin” – or Allen, Larkin, and O’Brien Monument. Inscription “Sacred to the memory of Allen, Larkin and O’Brien who suffered death in Manchester through love of their country. Their last prayer being God save Ireland”.

Important Public Buildings (Give brief notes on architectural features)
The Court House built 1852, a very fine massive cutstone building.
SS Peter and Pauls R.C. Cathedral with graceful lofty spire visible from most parts of county. Built 1843 of cut limestone.
The Franciscan Church, built 1827.
The New Protestant Episcopalian Church, built 1871.
The Presbyterian Church, built 1856.
Saint Flannan’s Diocesian College, built 1880. A beautiful cut stone Gothic building.

Schools and Colleges
St. Flannan’s Diocesian College which educates and prepares students for the Priesthood, and professions.
Christian Brothers School accommodates 300 primary, and 140 secondary pupils.
Convent of Mercy accommodates 600 primary and 200 secondary pupils.
Ennis Boys National - four teacher school.

Hospitals
The New Hospital, Ennis. A beautiful and artistic reinforced concrete building.
The County Home. A substantial building which houses and cares for the poor and infirm of the county.

Fairs and Markets; Half-Holiday
Monthly Fairs and Markets: Yes, monthly fairs second Wednesday of each month. There is no fair in month of November.
Weekly Market Day: Saturday
Half-Holiday: Thursday

Garages and Petrol Stations
There are six garages and petrol stations in Ennis.

Conveyances for Hire (Owners):
Motors (Touring): There are thirty registered hackney touring cars in the town of Ennis.

Camping Sites (At principal holiday resorts)
Location: All round the town there are free camping sites. Landowner: None
Local Improvements Committee: The Urban Council Secretary: M. Carmody, Town Clerk

Accommodation
Hotels
Old Grounds, Station Rd., 30 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, Public Rooms, Licensed. This hotel on Tourist Directory.
Carmody, Abbey St., 25 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, Public Rooms, Licensed. This hotel on Tourist Directory.
Queens, Abbey St., 36 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, Public Rooms, Licensed. This hotel on Tourist Directory.
Guest or Boarding Houses
Mrs. Leydens, O’Connell St., 8 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Not Licensed. Boarders are well catered for. Tariff very moderate.
McNamaras, O’Connell St., 4 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Licensed. Boarders are well catered for. Tariff very moderate.
Lallys, O’Connell St., 5 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Not Licensed. Boarders are more seclusive. Tariff higher.
Halpins, O’Connell St., 3 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Not Licensed. Moderate.
Griffeys, The Market, 6 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Licensed. Moderate.
Pratts, The Market, 6 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Not Licensed. Moderate.
Malones, Upper Market, 4 Guest Bedrooms, Baths, Flush Lavatory, 1 Public Room, Not Licensed. A private boarding house.

Restaurants and Cafés
Mrs. Howard, Steeles Terrace. A comfortable café. Tariff slightly high.
Considines, Licensed. Comfortable. Tariff fairly high.
McNamaras, Leydens, Halpins, Griffy, Prats, Lallys, (already listed under Guest Houses) give dinner and teas as well as lodgings.
Kellys, O’Connell St. and Butlers, Parnell St. also give teas and dinners.
NOTE: Tourists never fail to get lodgings in Ennis. Tariffs are not excessive.