Ennis Courthouse (Irish: Teach Cúirte na hInse)[1] is a judicial facility in Gort Road, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.
| Ennis Courthouse | |
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.jpg) Ennis Courthouse | |
  Ennis Courthouse Location within Ireland | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical style |
| Address | Ennis, County Clare |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°50′55″N 8°58′50″W / 52.8487°N 8.9805°W |
| Completed | 1852 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Keane and Henry Whitestone |
History
editThe courthouse, which was designed by John Keane and Henry Whitestone in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1852.[2] 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 portico with Ionic order columns supporting an entablature and a modillioned pediment.[2] 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.[2] 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.[3]
The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Clare County Council.[4][5] A monument to Éamon de Valera, former President of Ireland, was designed by the sculptor Jim Connolly and erected outside the courthouse in 1981.[6] The county council moved to the Áras Contae an Chláir in New Road in May 2008.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Oifig Cúirte Inis". courts.ie (in Irish). Courts Service of Ireland. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Ennis Courthouse". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "O'Loghlen Family". Clare Library. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "120 years of Clare County Council is marked". Clare County Council. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Éamon de Valera Statue For Ennis1981". RTE. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Winning Design". World Architecture News. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Clare County Council HQ". E-architect. Retrieved 31 October 2019.