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Ireland / Western Europe

Ennis City Intelligence

Ennis is the county town of County Clare in the Mid-West, serving as the regional service center near Shannon Airport and the Cliffs of Moher and Burren landscapes. Ennis is a western europe city of about ~28K in Ireland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ennis sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (67/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~28K
View of Ennis, Ireland

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Overall score

Use the Ennis profile to compare affordability, airport access, and nature-gateway dimensions alongside Limerick, Galway, and Killarney.

Overall67/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality76/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

67/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Ennis data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Ennis city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score67/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living62/100Ennis's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality76/100Ennis's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy60/100Ennis's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety68/100Ennis's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed64/100Ennis's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk68/100Ennis's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience68/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety80/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety77/100
Road safety76/100

Ennis ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare86/100
Education82/100
Green space100/100
Cleanliness87/100
Infrastructure82/100
Mobility61/100

Ennis has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness84/100
Education82/100
Green space100/100
Overall safety80/100

Ennis scores very high for family living (84/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability73/100
Walkability74/100
Cycling63/100
Infrastructure82/100

Ennis is high for remote workers (73/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability79/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness87/100
Outdoor lifestyle69/100

Ennis is high for retirement (79/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Ennis

Local public safety guidance for Ennis, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ennis, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ireland emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Ennis

Healthcare context for Ennis, with national-level information from Ireland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ennis, see the Ireland healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Ennis

Local mobility context for Ennis, with national-level context from Ireland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ennis, see the Ireland transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Ennis. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Ennis

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Ennis will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Ennis air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Ennis modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Ennis

Ennis's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Ennis

Ennis's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Ennis

Ennis's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Ennis

Ennis's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Ennis

Ennis's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Ennis

Ennis's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Ennis

Cost of living estimates for Ennis — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Ennis

Climate profile for Ennis — Oceanic climate, annual average 9.3°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Ennis

Economy and jobs profile for Ennis — tourism economy, economy score 79/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Ennis

Education profile for Ennis — regional education center, education score 61/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Ennis

Source-attributed visual context for Ennis using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Ennis

Weekend trip planning checklist for Ennis — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Ennis

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Ennis

Estimate a monthly budget for Ennis using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Ennis

Plan a trip budget for Ennis using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Ennis

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ennis. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Limerick, Ireland

Coastal cluster · about 31 km from Ennis. Explore Limerick's city intelligence profile.

Galway, Ireland

Same region · about 48 km from Ennis. Explore Galway's city intelligence profile.

Tralee, Ireland

Nearby city · about 80 km from Ennis. Explore Tralee's city intelligence profile.

Athlone, Ireland

Nearby city · about 94 km from Ennis. Explore Athlone's city intelligence profile.

Killarney, Ireland

Nearby city · about 95 km from Ennis. Explore Killarney's city intelligence profile.

Cork, Ireland

Same region · about 111 km from Ennis. Explore Cork's city intelligence profile.

Westport, Ireland

Coastal cluster · about 112 km from Ennis. Explore Westport's city intelligence profile.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Same corridor · about 118 km from Ennis. Explore Kilkenny's city intelligence profile.

Waterford, Ireland

Same corridor · about 142 km from Ennis. Explore Waterford's city intelligence profile.

Sligo, Ireland

Lake cluster · about 161 km from Ennis. Explore Sligo's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Ennis — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Ennis — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Ennis profile to compare affordability, airport access, and nature-gateway dimensions alongside Limerick, Galway, and Killarney. Its standout dimensions are air quality (76/100) and safety (68/100). The area most worth watching is energy (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Ireland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ennis appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.