Boredom felt by nurse, studying in Maynooth, perhaps? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ennui
'boredom' is the definition.
(I know that boredom can be written as ennui)
'felt by nurse studying in maynooth perhaps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'nurse' could be 'en' (abbreviation for state-enrolled nurse) and 'en' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'nui' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ennui that I've seen before include "Feeling of dissatisfaction" , "Listless feeling" , "Result of boredom" , "Feeling of listlessness" , "Boredom or discontent" .)