Adjoining the ruins of a Franciscan Friary founded in 1242, the Queen's Hotel is located in the centre of Ennis town and is just 15km from Shannon International Airport. The hotel consists of 52 bedrooms featuring bathroom/shower en-suite, satellite TV with video channel, radio, direct dial telephone, trouser press, hair dryer and complimentary tea and coffee tray. Guests can dine in the newly refurbished Front Bar and Brassiere. The hotel bar is popular with both tourists and locals and the nightclub can be noisy at the weekends. Please note: Following quality enhancement plan; renovation of the hotel's kitchen has begun and is scheduled for completion by the end of March 2010. During this time breakfast will not be served!