Message: "Ennis" - Behind the Name

Ennis

by lac

12/21/2008, 10:48 AM

How is Ennis pronounced? TIA.

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- Speranza +1

12/22/2008, 3:56 AM

EN-is.

- Gaelictongue

1/10/2009, 1:21 PM

Ennis which is Irish for Inis, meaning Island.

It is also a name for a Irish town - a shortening of the original Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada ("Long Rowing Meadow Island").

It is pronounced EN-is but can also be found being pronounced In-hiss.

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