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Ireland.
Situated on the
River Fergus,
just north of where it flows into the
Shannon
Estuary, it lies north west of
Limerick
and south of
Galway. The town is also 19 km
(12 mi) from
Shannon
and
Shannon
Airport. Its name is a shortening of the original
Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada("island
of the long rowing meadow"). It is now a gateway to
the West of Clare via the N85 Western relief road for people travelling from
the Limerick and East Clare regions. The
2011 census indicates that Ennis had a population of 25,360 making it the
largest town in Munster and the sixth largest town in Ireland. It is the 11th largest urban centre in the country. In 2005 Ennis won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition. The town has maintained this high
status over the years
