A rare set of three healthy Fleckvieh heifer calves have been born at the dairy farm of the Meade family in Co Meath.

The chance of triplet calves arriving safely is thought to be in the region of 150,000/1, rising to around 400,000/1 for same-sex triplets.

The triplets arrived unassisted over the same weekend as Katie Taylor’s historic farewell fight at Croke Park, giving the Meade family the inspiration to name one of the calves Katie in her honour.

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With the other two heifers still unnamed, the family has now launched a social media competition inviting people to suggest names for Katie’s two sisters.

Taylor’s husband makes a visit

In a fitting full-circle moment, Taylor’s husband Sean McCavanagh visited the Meade family farm and was given a tour of the dairy enterprise by Pat Kelly and Packie Dunne, while staying close by at Parsonstown Estate, where he got to see the farm’s rare new arrivals.

Pictured from the left are Pat Kelly, Sean McCavanagh and Packie Dunne during Sean’s visit to Meade Farm, Co Meath. Sean was given a tour of the farm’s dairy enterprise by Pat and Packie while staying close by at Parsonstown Estate. During the visit, Sean also got to see the farm’s rare Fleckvieh heifer triplets.

Katie based her final Irish training camp at Parsonstown Estate, a private country estate nestled in the heart of the Boyne Valley, ahead of her historic farewell fight at Croke Park.

All three calves are healthy and doing very well, the Meade family have said, and have already become firm favourites with the next generation of the family.