ENNEKING

enneking, john joseph (1841- ), american landscape painter, was born, of german ancestry, in minster, ohio, on the 4th of october 1841. he was educated at mount st mary's college, cincinnati, served in the american civil war in 1861-1862, studied art in new york and boston, and gave it up because his eyes were weak, only to return to it after failing in the manufacture of tinware. in 1873-1876 he studied in munich under schleich and leier, and in paris under daubigny and bonnat; and in 1878-1879 he studied in paris again and sketched in holland. enneking is a "plein-airist," and his favourite subject is the "november twilight" of new england, and more generally the half lights of early spring, late autumn, and winter dawn and evening. ennis (gaelic, _innis_, an island; irish, _ennis_ and _inish_), the county town of co. clare, ireland, in the east parliamentary division, on the river fergus, 25 m. w.n.w. from limerick by the great southern & western railway. pop. of urban district (1901) 5093. it is the junction for the west clare line. ennis has breweries, distilleries and extensive flour-mills; and in the neighbourhood limestone is quarried. the principal buildings are the roman catholic church, which is the pro-cathedral of the diocese of killaloe; the parish church formed out of the ruins of the franciscan abbey, founded in 1240 by donough carbrac o'brien; a school on the foundation of erasmus smith, and various county buildings. the abbey, though greatly mutilated, is full of interesting details, and includes a lofty tower, a marble screen, a chapter-house, a notable east window, several fine tombs and an altar of st francis. on the site of the old court-house a colossal statue in white limestone of daniel o'connell was erected in 1865. the interesting ruins of clare abbey, founded in 1194 by donnell o'brien, king of munster, are half-way between ennis and the village of clare castle. o'brien also founded killone abbey, beautifully situated on the lough of the same name, 3 m. s. of the town, possessing the unusual feature of a crypt and a holy well. five miles n.w. of ennis is dysert o'dea, with interesting ecclesiastical remains, a cross, a round tower and a castle. ennis was incorporated in 1612, and returned two members to the irish parliament until the union, and thereafter one to the imperial parliament until 1885.