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An afternoon in Enniscoe House and Country Estate

Enniscoe House and Country Estate, Castlehill, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Enniscoe House and Country Estate, Castlehill, Co Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

I have been a regular visitor to Enniscoe House and Country Estate near Crossmolina for many years and it’s one of my favourite places to visit in Mayo. Located just off the R315 between Crossmolina and Lahardane, the estate’s woodland walks are the perfect antidote to the pressures of modern life.

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How to find your Co Mayo roots

The North Mayo Heritage Centre in the grounds of Enniscoe House, near Crossmolina, contains records covering all of the 29 parishes of North Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The North Mayo Heritage Centre in the grounds of Enniscoe House, near Crossmolina, contains records covering all of the 29 parishes of North Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

Finding your Co Mayo roots has never been easier thanks to the genealogical services that are provided by a number of research centres and ancestry websites. There are tens of thousands of people around the globe who can trace their ancestry back to County Mayo which has been ravaged by emigration since the Famine in the […]