Amy & Estlin Wall.

AN ENNISTYMON MOTHER has used the Census time capsule to pay a heartfelt tribute to her late daughter.

Homes across the country filled up their Census on Sunday evening with the 2022 version having a new feature that encouraged participants to fill out a time capsule which will be opened in one hundred years time and imparts a message to future generations.

For some, it was used as an area to express artistic licence with drawings inserted, others questioned if Mayo’s footballers had ended their wait to win the Sam Maguire but it was the contribution of Amy Dutwill-Wall that really stopped people in their tracks.

Amy wrote about her daughter Estlin from Ennistymon who was just nine days short of her fourth birthday when she was killed in a crash as her father was driving her to crèche in March 2017. Vincent remained in a coma for five weeks and was in hospital for a total of three months, missing his daughter’s funeral.

Amy and Vincent Wall with Estlin.

“Tonight as we count those in our house and our family, we are thinking so much of our beloved little girl Estlin Luna. She was tragically taken from us five years ago, just before her fourth birthday in a car crash. Estlin was our first born child and the love of our lives. She was never counted in a Census and so we are so relieved to be able to mention her here. She was beautiful, creative, funny, so smart and clever and confident beyond her years. We were honoured to be her parents and honoured still to grieve her for the rest of our lives. Estlin Luna, we carry you in our hearts, love always, Mommy, Daddy, Mannix and Lucie,” Amy wrote.

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