Ennis Courthouse
Ennis Courthouse is a judicial facility in Gort Road, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.History
The courthouse, which was designed by John Keane and Henry Whitestone in the Neoclassical style, was completed in 1852. A Russian artillery piece, which had been used in the Crimean War, was brought back to Ireland and placed on the lawn outside the building. A statue of Michael O'Loghlen, former Master of Rolls in Ireland, by the sculptor Joseph Robinson Kirk was installed in the courthouse in the mid-19th century.
The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Clare County Council. A monument to Éamon de Valera, former President of Ireland, was designed by the sculptor Jim Connolly and erected outside the courthouse in 1981. The county council moved to the new County Clare Building in New Road in May 2008.
