Town near Ireland's Shannon Airport

Usage examples of ennis.

Except by the time the county tow showed up to haul it away, neither Ennis Rafferty nor Curtis Wilcox believed it was a Buick at all.

Which was why, although Ennis was extremely curious about the abandoned car and longed for a big dose of satisfaction, he turned it over to Curt while he himself escorted Bradley into the office.

Once they were there, Ennis called for a wrecker to haul the Buick up to Troop D, where they could put it in the parking lot out back, at least for the time being.

Then he nodded to Ennis, who clapped Bradley on the shoulder as if they were old buddies.

It was there, but neither Ennis nor Curt heard it anymore unless their own number came up.

He said that while Ennis was in the gas station office questioning Bradley Roach, he himself had been sitting behind that strange oversized steering wheel, still being careful not to touch anything except with the sides of his hands.

Bibi, meanwhile, was looking at Tony and Ennis Rafferty with a slanted little smile.

There was no need to add that Bradley Roach claimed to have seen it moving under its own power, and that Ennis, a veteran of many interrogations, believed him.

It was after three, and Ennis had changed into jeans and a plain white shirt.

The sight of Ennis sitting behind the wheel and snoozing with his old Pirates cap tilted over his eyes would have been even more comforting, but there was no sign of him.

There was no sign of Ennis Rafferty in any of those places - at least, not that they could see.

Sandy was so sure they were going to find Ennis Rafferty in the trunk of the Buick that for a moment he saw the body: a curled fetal shape in chino pants and a plaid shirt, looking like something a Mafia hitman might leave in the trunk of a stolen Lincoln.

He was, I judged, about the same age Ennis Rafferty had been when Ennis did his Judge Crater act.

Pretty soon it was being taken as gospel: Ennis had run away from his sister before she could finish the job of cutting him up with that Ginsu Knife tongue of hers.

Tony Schoondist called that meeting in the The Country Way, two nights after the Buick came in and Ennis disappeared, mostly to make sure we would.