WATCH: Three-year-old Inishowen farmer Cora expertly lambs a sheep in video that has gone viral
Lambing sheep can be a challenging enough process, but for three-year-old Inishowen girl Cora Boyle, its as easy as child play.
The farm-mad little girl has gone hugely viral across social media, in a video that has received over 800,000 views on TikTok and almost 200,000 on Facebook, in just two days.
In the video, posted by her parents Angela and Conor on their ‘Farm Achla’ accounts, young Cora, who will soon be 4, is seen expertly helping to deliver a healthy Wensleydale lamb at the farm in Malin Head.
Hand in, completely unbothered and delighted with the lamb’s birth, Cora, who turns four next week, has been praised by people across the world for her skills.
Speaking to the Journal, Angela said they are amazed by the reaction of the video and ‘can’t believe’ it has been viewed so many times already.
She told how Cora has ‘been out on the farm since she was born’ and has a huge interest in it.
"It wouldn’t be the first she has been involved in. She would have been out last year, behind you in the pen and would have helped pull lambs out. But, this was the first time she put her hand in. I had it lined up and she put her hand in and pulled it out by herself."
Angela added how the lamb was a ‘fairly big’ one, but Cora remained unfazed.
The video was filmed on St. Patrick’s Day and Angela and Conor posted it on to their accounts, as they usually do.
"We share a lot of what we do, most just for ourselves to look back on, more than anything else. We posted it and that evening, Conor told me to look at TikTok and it was up to 70 or 80,000 views by then.
“I had to turn off notifications on my phone, as it was going all the time. It’s great and Cora is delighted.”
Before Cora’s video, the TikTok page also had another hit with a video of Conor being followed by a lamb. Now, Cora’s sister, Niamh (7), ia aiming to be the family’s next viral star and beat her daddy’s view numbers. Her St Patrick’s Day video of a lamb waving an Ireland flag isn’t far behind.
The family are prize-winning breeders and have Valais blacknose, Wensleydale and the commercial flock of Suffolk Texel-Cross.
Angela also makes crochet hats and blankets.
You can follow Farm Achla on social media on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.