newmarket on fergus

A village on the N18 road to Ennis, some 10 km north of the airport. A doubtful local tradition ascribes the name to a land-owning racing enthusiast of the last century (an O'Brien, they say), whose heart was in the racing stables of Newmarket. But the truth is probably less imaginative. The town is a small market and trading centre, serving, to a growing extent, as a dormitory suburb of Ennis and Shannon.