So Mr. Butterly bought the 1827 house, which was then added to his existing home.

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Mr Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn near Gormanston, County Meath, on Wednesday.

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Three men have appeared in court charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Peter Butterly in the Irish Republic.

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"People didn't know if it was a nuclear-bomb facility, " says William Butterly about the temporary arch-shaped, steel-and-fabric hoop barn he had to build in his Fairfield, Conn.

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The Amani Butterly Project is one of the schemes using butterfly farming to help locals supplement their incomes and protect the environment at the same time.

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Mr. Butterly, a New York City attorney, initially was looking to salvage old parts, such as stairways and fireplaces, from an old home to use in an addition on his 1805 home.

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