Burren base-Doolin? Ennis? Elsewhere?

I'd pick Doolin, with its wealth of B&Bs, three pubs, a lovely coastal setting and ferries to the Aran Islands, over Ennis.

I stayed in both last summer and was shocked to find the latter quite moribund compared to what I experienced on many previous trips through the town. No longer were its streets packed with pedestrian traffic nor were there many dinner options from which to choose, both victim to the pandemic and subsequent loss of jobs and shop closures, as my B&B host told me. Doolin, however, was still quite lively and everything was open.

Definitley Doolin - much nicer scenery and closer to the best bits of the Burren.