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Ennis recommendations

Posted by (Seattle, WA & Bordeaux, France) on

Hi group! We are heading back to Ireland to help our son move from Co. Donegal to Ennis. It's a last minute trip but have already secured hotel and car in Ennis. We will be busy most of the time helping him get situated while he starts his new job but we will have a bit of free time. We are not looking to go further afield as we have been to Ireland many, many times but have never been to Ennis. So my questions are:
1) What are your top 2 activities you would do in Ennis?
2) Restaurant recs?

We are looking forward to exploring this town as we've heard it's quite charming! Thanks!

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We enjoyed a one hour tour led by Jane O’Brien (she had dead ancestors all over Ennis) through Ennis Walking Tours. Not sure if there are other guides or if it's a one person operation. Also enjoyed the Clare Museum, Ennis Friary and Dysert O’Dea Castle (very chatty attendant). Enistymon made the Irish Times' list of 10 undervisited gems although we only drove through.

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Our RS Heart of Ireland tour started there last month (Old Ground Hotel, lovely place), but there were no tour activities there -- not even an orientation walk. No doubt they chose Ennis for its proximity to Shannon airport and the Cliffs of Moher, not for Ennis itself. The tour only stayed there one night, but we came in a day early. All we really did was a stroll through their nice pedestrianized main drag and out to the friary (closed when we went by so we only saw it from outside the gate). So I can't help much with suggested activities, but I can recommend Brogan's for a great meal at a reasonable price. Our taxi driver from the airport suggested it. We ate lunch there, and the portions were American-sized (i.e., too much for one meal!) and tasty. It's in the middle of the pedestrian strip (O'Connell St).

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