# Ennis Courthouse

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{{short description|Judicial facility in County Clare, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox building
| name                = Ennis Courthouse
| native_name         = 
| image               = Ennis - The Court House (geograph 4637099).jpg
| caption             = Ennis Courthouse
| address             = [Ennis](/source/Ennis), [County Clare](/source/County_Clare)
| location_city       = 
| location_country    = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| pushpin_map         = Ireland
| pushpin_label       = Ennis Courthouse
| coordinates         = {{coord|52.8487|-8.9805|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date     = {{Start date and age|1852}}
| architect           = [John Keane](/source/John_B._Keane_(architect)) and [Henry Whitestone](/source/Henry_Whitestone)
| architectural_style = [Neoclassical style](/source/Neoclassical_architecture)
}}
'''Ennis Courthouse''' ({{langx|ga|Teach Cúirte na hInse}})<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.courts.ie/offices.nsf/pagecurrent/A823F7C6D3F54B3C802573E10056D469?opendocument&l=ga | publisher = Courts Service of Ireland | website = courts.ie | title = Oifig Cúirte Inis | accessdate = 9 November 2019 | language = Irish }}</ref> is a judicial facility in Gort Road, [Ennis](/source/Ennis), [County Clare](/source/County_Clare), Ireland.

==History==
The courthouse, which was designed by [John Keane](/source/John_B._Keane_(architect)) and [Henry Whitestone](/source/Henry_Whitestone) in the [neoclassical style](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) and built in [ashlar](/source/ashlar) stone, was completed in 1852.<ref name=boi>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CL&regno=20000114|title=Ennis Courthouse|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref> The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing the junction of Gort Road and New Road; there was a flight of steps leading up to a large [hexastyle](/source/hexastyle) [portico](/source/portico) with [Ionic order](/source/Ionic_order) columns supporting an [entablature](/source/entablature) and a [modillion](/source/modillion)ed [pediment](/source/pediment).<ref name=boi/> A Russian [artillery piece](/source/artillery_piece), which had been used in the [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War), was brought back to Ireland and placed on the lawn outside the building.<ref name=boi/> A statue of [Michael O'Loghlen](/source/Michael_O'Loghlen), former Master of Rolls in Ireland, by the sculptor [Joseph Robinson Kirk](/source/Joseph_Robinson_Kirk) was installed in the courthouse in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/oloughlin_family.htm|title=O'Loghlen Family|publisher=Clare Library|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>

The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the [Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898](/source/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898), which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for [Clare County Council](/source/Clare_County_Council).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-05-26/121/|title=Local Authorities|date=26 May 1982|publisher=Oireachtas|accessdate=26 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clarecoco.ie/your-council/[news]/120-years-of-clare-county-council-is-marked.html|title=120 years of Clare County Council is marked|date=8 April 2019|publisher=Clare County Council|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref> A monument to [Éamon de Valera](/source/%C3%89amon_de_Valera), former President of Ireland, was designed by the sculptor Jim Connolly and erected outside the courthouse in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1010/822844-memorial-to-eamon-de-valera/ |title=Éamon de Valera Statue For Ennis1981|publisher=RTE|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref> The county council moved to the [Áras Contae an Chláir](/source/%C3%81ras_Contae_an_Chl%C3%A1ir) in New Road in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/article/1500654/winning-design|title=Winning Design|publisher=World Architecture News|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.e-architect.co.uk/ireland/clare-county-council-hq|title=Clare County Council HQ|publisher=E-architect|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Buildings and structures in County Clare
Category:Courthouses in the Republic of Ireland

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