From Achill’s sea-misted heather hills the natural flavour of Achill.
MACHAIR
The machair habitat refers to a fertile low-lying grassy plain found on some of the north-west coastlines of Ireland and Scotland (in particular the Outer Hebrides).
Machair is a Gaelic word meaning “fertile plain”, but the word is now also used in scientific literature to describe the dune grassland unique to Western Scotland and north-west Ireland.
Machairs have received considerable ecological and conservational attention, chiefly because of their unique ecosystems.
![Machair Grass](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/calveys-achill-mountain-lamb-machair-grass.jpg)