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Ennistymon (Irish: Inis Tí Méan, meaning "Inis, ("island/river meadow"), Tí Méan, "Middle House"therefore "River Meadow of the Middle House"")[1], is a large village in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. A popular tourist spot, it has a typical Irish main street, with many traditional pubs. The River Inagh, which has some small rapids known as "the Cascades" runs through the town, behind the main street. A bridge across the river leads to nearby Lahinch, on the N67 national secondary road. The town is connected to Ennis by the N85 (which is actually the main street through the town).
[edit] TransportThe West Clare Railway formerly passed through the town, connecting it to Ennis and the West Clare coastal towns and villages. Ennistymon railway station opened on 2 July 1887. The railway finally closed on 1 February 1961.[2]  Nowadays the village has a bus service to Ennis and other towns as well as the 337 which departs every morning at and goes to Ennis, Limerick and onwards to Dublin. [edit] MemorialThe 'An Gorta Mór' Memorial was erected a mile outside Ennistymon on the road to Lahinch to commemorate the memory of the victims of the great potato crop failures/famine of 1845 to 1850 known as the Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór). It was dedicated on August 20 1995 – the 150th anniversary of that tragedy. Located across from Ennistymon Hospital, itself built on the grounds of the local workhouse, it was erected by a combined effort of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) Board of Erin and Board of America and the Clare County Council.  The Falls The monument was designed by an artist from Co Kerry and depicts an account found in the Minutes of the Meetings of the Boards of Guardians for Ennistymon Union held in the County Archives. [1] The account centered on a note that was pinned to the torn shirt of a barefoot orphan boy who was left at the workhouse door on the freezing cold morning of February 25, 1848. The note read:
One side of the memorial depicts a child standing before the workhouse door, while across from that is the head of an anguished mother and two hands clenched in frustration or anger above the sorrowful text of the pleading note. [edit] Parish of EnnistymonThe Parish of Ennistymon has three churches; Ennistymon, Lahinch & Clouna. In recent times the church in Furglan was closed reducing the number of churches from four to three. The church at Ennistymon was built in 1831. [edit] EducationEnnistymon has two Primary Schools & three Secondary Schools. Scoil Mhainichin & Mol an Oige Steiner School make up the Primary Education. Ennistymon CBS[3], the Vocational School & Scoil Mhuire provide the Secondary Education. [edit] CulturalEnnistymon will in November 2009 play host to the first Irish Discworld Convention, based around the works of author Terry Pratchett. [edit] See also[edit] References
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