The extended Dunne family had 5,000 turkeys as well as cattle and sheep but had to start again after the 2006 blaze. They explain how a small operation with a few regular farm animals expanded into an exotic zoo, and how they all are able to work together

Mark Finn feeds the lemurs on Clonfert Farm, in Maynooth, Co Kildare. Photos: Damien Eagers
When their family farm caught fire in a freak accident in 2006, Aoife McTernan and her family were left starting from scratch.
The farm in Maynooth, Kildare, which almost burned to the ground, had been home to 5,000 turkeys as well as cattle and sheep.