Carton was thought a model mansion at the beginning of this century; and Mr.
Whetstone, a local architect of repute, built the Ennis Court-house some fifty years ago.

It is of white limestone from quarries belonging to Mr.Stacpoole, and cost when built about L12,000.

To build it now would cost nearly three times as much.

In fact, a recent and smaller Court-house at Carlow has actually cost L36,000 within the last few years.
I was struck by the extraordinary number of public-houses in Ennis.

A sergeant of police said to me, "It is so all over the country." Mr.
Roche sent for the statistics, from which it appears that Ennis, with a population of 6307, rejoices in no fewer than 100 "publics"; Ennistymon, with a population of 1331, has 25; and Milltown Malbay, with a population of 1400, has 36.