Moroney's Bar

The most prestigious meeting of the National Hunt season gets under way tomorrow as Cheltenham starts their four famous day festival meeting with seven top class races on each day. Moroney's are running their annual sweep where you pick a horse in each race and for €20 this is a cheap and enjoyable way of savoring the festival. Here in Moroney's you won't miss any of the action on our seven TV screens where the atmosphere will be electric and craic as always second to none. Food will be provide each day along with free bets and a few surprises so come along and cheers on your choices. Will Willie Mullins be once again Champion trainer or will Gordon Elliott, Dan Skelton or Nicky Henderson take his crown ? Some fascinating and top class days racing ahead.


Doors open at 12 noon each day and Maurice, Ronnie, Hanna, Theresa, Tomas… Read more

Once again Moroney's Bar will host our Welsh rugby friends from Cardiff who for many years now have travelled to Ennis to watch the Six Nations clash between Ireland and Wales in the company of locals and enjoy the atmosphere and banter. One man they always seek out is local legend Jamesie Gormley who has been know to sing a song or two in their company. Great to have ye back and we hope ye have a wonderful time but naturally we will be shouting the Boys In Green on who are bidding to win the Triple Crown and possibly The Championship if Scotland can beat France.

Dymuniadau gorau a mwynhewch eich arhosiad ymhlith ffrindiau ( Best Wishes and enjoy your stay among friends in Ennis )

All at Moroney's Bar would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all our loyal customers and friends both at home and abroad for their continued custom. It was great to see so many faces home from far and wide for the Christmas holidays as this is a time for family and friends. Unfortunately this past year we have lost some dear friends who sadly will never walk through our doors again and we especially think of them all and their families at this time of year. It is you who has put Moroney's on the map and made it the popular pub that it is today for which we are eternally grateful. Happy New Year and Sincere Best Wishes from Maurice, Tomas, Ronnie, Hanna, Teresa and Ricky. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026

On Friday 21st November last Ennis lost another old business with the closure of McCannon's drapery shop in the Lower Market area of the town. After 50 years trading Liam ( Willie) McCannon has retired from business and so with it another Market Street landmark has closed. Over the last few weeks when news of Liam's pending retirement became known many of his customers came to wish him well including Patsy Cronin who was one of McCannon's original customers back in the 50's. Following on from the closures of Meere's Butchers, O Connor's Newsagents and The Post Office in recent times it's another blow to what was once a vibrant commercial area.

Liam's late father Bill opened the original drapery shop which was then situated where the present roundabout is in The Market. With the demolition of this area in the late 60's the present shop was built in 1969… Read more

Our own Gerry Moroney won four senior titles with Ennis Faughs 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1954, captaining them to victory in 1952. An interesting article in the Clare Champion in the week leading up to the Clare Senior Football final by well know journalist Joe O Muircheartaigh recounts the story of how the original Faughs got their first set of jerseys. The late Frankie ( Popeye) Coote recalled that they had no jerseys and went about collecting money. " Gerry Moroney one of the players and when he went back to the family pub in The Market and told them of the new club he was told to go upstairs and take what change was in the dresser. When it was all counted up there was enough for a set of jerseys" And so The Faughs were off and running. Different times but the passion for Gaelic Football in the… Read more