This is a great stop near Limerick if you are on any tours of Ireland. The Abbey was founded for Franciscans in 1402. The buildings date from 1433, when Macon Dall Macnamara settled Observatines (reformed Franciscans) at the site. The monastic church consists of a nave with a...
This sits near the village of Ennis, and if you are passing on any tours of Ireland, you may want to stop. The Abbey sits on the shore of Lough Killone and was founded around the same time as Clare Abbey (around 1189). Interestingly the ruins include...
This castle is situated between Ennis and Limerick. It was built in 1467. This is a castle worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Knappogue was built by “John Maccon MacNamara” He was the Lord of Clancullen and High Chieftain of the Dal gCais. By 1580 the MacNamara family had...
North of the narrow streets of the old town stands the Court House, a Classical building of 1850-52 with original interior finishes. The ruined friary near the centre by the river, was founded by Donough Cairbrearch O’Brien in 1242, and surprised in 1543. An incongruous...
The narrow, one-way streets of Clare’s busy county town still have a medieval feel to them. Ennis grew up around a friary founded in the 13th century when wandering Franciscans were befriended by the O’Brien King of Thomond. A famous school flourished in the shadow...
Ennis’s streets were described in the 19th century as ‘ill-defined and scattered’ , but today the narrow thoroughfares add to its character. Many of the old shop fronts remain on some of the best Irish crafts and knitwear outlets. The column in the town centre commemorates...