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Hi Guys

I must've been to Ennis 200+ times, but never thought of checking out where the old Barracks were.
For what it's worth, I checked on the OSI map viewer site.
On the 6" maps (drawn between 1837 & 1842), the Police Barracks is shown in the South part of the town, on what was called Gaol Street, now named O'Connell Street.
- old view: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,533780,677280,6,8
- modern view: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,533780,677280,6,3
In Lewis: A Topological Directory of Ireland 1837, there is this entry for Ennis:
"The constabulary police force, including an extra force called the peace preservation police, is under the control of a resident stipendiary chief magistrate and a sub-inspector; the barrack is a commodious building, formed out of the old county gaol".

On the Clare Library website, Slater's Directory 1870 has this listing:
"Constabulary, The Abbey… D.C. Jennings, Esq. " There are/were ruins of an old abbey near the barracks I refer to below.

On the later (1888-1913) 25" maps, the Barracks site had changed and is shown very close to the current Garda Station, by the river (The old barracks, mentioned above had become the Town Hall).
- for 25" view go to: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,533883,677815,7,9
- for current view click: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,533883,677815,7,3
This is close enough to what is now called Francis Street, formerly known as The Causeway..... And on flickr, as you know Peter, there's a pic of a group of RIC outside The Causeway in early 20th century. Pity the building isn't shown though!

Cheers
Des