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This Dublin Woman Is Surviving Lockdown With Her Family's Foster Lambs

We've been getting up to all sorts over the last year, from dickying up the house to baking to takin...
Orla Ormond
Orla Ormond

4:08 PM - 26 Mar 2021



Mairead Ronan

This Dublin Woman Is Surviving Lockdown With Her Family's Foster Lambs

Orla Ormond
Orla Ormond

4:08 PM - 26 Mar 2021

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We've been getting up to all sorts over the last year, from dickying up the house to baking to taking up gardening. One Dublin woman has ended up turning her family home into a farm and she joined Mairead on the show.

Emer wanted to get back to the simpler things and to nature, so she moved from Portmarnock to Oldtown with her husband and three kids last year.

The plan really grew legs, and they're now joined by dogs, chickens, cockerels, ponies, horses, fish, rabbits, a pigeon called Mick who thought he was a chicken, and 2 lambs joined the family on Monday.

Roisin and Fionn are twin lambs and the idea was to foster them for a few months, but Emer already knows they're here to stay.

Looking after all the animals has been such a great distraction and the kids are spending so much time outdoors, and the lambs are now following them all around like puppies!

 

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