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Mayo’s most beautiful wall

The fairy foxgloves (Erinus alpinus) in bloom on the walls of Enniscoe's Victorian garden. Photo: Anthony Hickey
The fairy foxgloves (Erinus alpinus) in bloom on the walls of Enniscoe's Victorian garden. Photo: Anthony Hickey

If there was a competition for the most beautiful wall in Mayo surely it would be hard to beat the dry stone wall at the entrance to Enniscoe House and Gardens nature trail when the fairy foxglove turns the structure into a vertical flower garden in early summer.

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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.