Leinster Farm Sales
One for a million in prime farming country
Among the prime properties for sale in the under 50ac range at the moment is a 45ac residential tillage and grass farm at Ardristan near Tullow in Co Carlow.
Land volumes down, prices up in north Leinster
In normal times the land market in North Leinster has always been buoyant with strong sales and much land changing hands in Meath Westmeath and Louth. Prices generally reflect their proximity...
Munster bucks national trend with sales up 21pc this year
Munster continues to be the success story in terms of farmland sales. The abolition of quotas in 2015 has seen the dairy industry firmly consolidate its position as the backbone of Munster farming and...
Auction prices hit a high of €22,000 per acre in South Leinster
Sales in South Leinster remained steady in the first six months of the year and while the region saw some declines in figures there is substantially little difference in its performance in the land sales'...
Land sales slump by over 60pc on back of beef crisis and Brexit uncertainty
A review of the public auction scene for the first six months of the year makes for some grim reading.
Tipp land sells for close to €16,000/ac
South Tipperary auctioneer Matthew Ryan had a good day when he sold an 85ac farm near Cashel, achieving a price of €1.35m or over €15,880/ac.
Limerick stud withdrawn from auction at €6.1m
The 286ac Kilfrush Stud at Knocklong, Co Limerick, was withdrawn from auction last week after being bid to €6.1m.
Pictures: Ready to go dairy farm hits the market in the Royal County
Taking a trip to Royal Meath, one doesn't expect to encounter too many dairy farms, but that is all changing as the sector continues to expand into areas where it never went before.
Shed-loads of potential in the west: 143ac farm with top class facilities and €21k in entitlements
One of the warm days last week found me in the Midlands and close to Athlone, where I rendezvoused with Roscommon auctioneer Ivan...
Pictures: Victorian estate on 180ac hits the market in Longford
Oldtown House is a Victorian estate on 180ac at Oldtown near the picturesque village of Ardagh in Co Longford. The property is for sale as an entire with a guide price of €750,000.
Palatial spread on 5ac expected to break the million mark
Kiltennel House at Ballymoney, Gorey in Co Wexford is a palatial property on five acres of gardens and parkland. A three-bedroom lodge is also part of the package. The five-bedroom main house was a...
Kilkenny land good for plough or cow guided at €11,000 per acre
Galmoy in the northern reaches of Co Kilkenny and near the county boundary with Laois is associated with mining but is also home to plenty of good elevated farmland.
Behind the scenes at this Limerick farm a steal at €700,000
A 71ac residential farm in picturesque countryside between Kilmallock and Kilfinane in Co Limerick is coming to the market with a guide price in the region of €700,000.
84ac non-residential Meath farm with €950,000 guide
A non-residential farm of 84ac of quality Meath land is for sale by public auction at a guide price of €950,000.
€2m guide for prime 153ac farm with two residences and extensive facilities in east Wicklow
A superb residential farm on c153 acres at Ballygannon Beg, Glenealy, Co Wicklow, has come on the market at a guide price of €2m.
Architect-design residence on 30ac in Westmeath for €750,000
The Bawn is a detached, single storey modern residence with unique features sitting on 31ac of tillage land at Knockmant, Killucan in Co Westmeath.
Limerick farm across the road from record sale is now up for auction
Last April, GVM group property director, Tom Crosse sold 42 acres of land in the same townland for a whopping €970,000 or €23,000 an acre.
A 144ac dairy farm with extensive outbuildings is on the market for €1.95m in Limerick
The green and white flags flutter from every pole and gatepost in west Limerick these days. My journeys last week took me through Adare,...
Midlands holding for sale with the potential for agri-tourism business
A traditional style farm with agri-tourism potential has come on the market in Westmeath with a guide price of €275,000.
See the 450ac midlands estate with prime ground and a guide price of €20m
The spectacular Abbey Leix estate is for sale with a guide price in excess of €20m and part of the sale includes 450ac of prime grazing and tillage ground.
North Longford 61ac holding 'in good heart' guided at €500,000
Ballinalee in north Longford was home to the famous General Seán Mac Eoin, leader of the most effective Flying Column in the midlands during the War of Independence.
Top-quality land by the banks of the Barrow
Stokestown House near New Ross in Wexford is an early-19th-century period residence with gate lodge on 82ac situated by the banks of the Barrow as it meanders to the sea.
Big bidding expected for east Cork dairy spreads
If the boom in southern dairy land prices continues, three substantial farms on the market in Cork will find lively custom.
'Matchmaking' service boosting farm production
Land and farm collaboration between young trained farmers and older farmers is delivering a 65pc increase in farm production on average, according to Macra na Feirme's 2019 Land Mobility Report.
40ac farm on market for €650,000, plus house and 78ac lands for €2m in Tipp
Last week found me traipsing around south Tipperary, where I came across Castlegrace, a complex and historic 120ac Quaker property...
Storied 286ac Limerick stud farm back on the market for €5.5m
Now that President Trump has been and gone, he has trodden a path that's almost a rite of passage for American leaders - a visit to the Emerald Isle.
Back on the market: 123ac in south Tipp
Tipperary hurling tails are up and rumour has it that All-Ireland tickets are already being promised and traded, such is the confidence in the Premier destiny of 2019.
Georgian style in the Midlands: 99ac farm on the market after three centuries in same family
A 99ac farm with a Georgian house that has been in the one family for 300 years is about to come on the market
Land prices in west of Ireland have fallen, new data shows
Land prices in the West of Ireland have fallen for three consecutive years, according to new data from Sherry FitzGerald Research.
358 acre farm in Meath fails to sell after falling short of €11m guide
A Meath estate on 358ac of grass and tillage was withdrawn from auction during the week after being bid to €9.5m.
A capital farming opportunity - 30ac holding located close to Dublin city is on the market at €1.15m
The notion of having a house with a few acres on the outskirts of the city is the dream of many a Dublin resident with roots in the land.
Cork dairy farm breaks the million mark
An 80ac residential farm in Cork sold at auction last week, making €1.205m or €15,000/ac.
Controversial Kerry farm sells for just short of €2m to local buyer
A 110ac non-residential farm at Whitefields, Beaufort, near Killarney in Kerry, sold at auction last week, making €1.925m or a strong €17,500/ac.
Back to nature in the Garden County - A 73ac traditional-style holding is on the market in Wicklow for €585,000
Last week found me in the Garden County. It was a lovely mild May day as I made my way from...
Compact Tipp holding creating a stir
On one of the recent fine days I crossed the bridge at Killaloe, and with the car windows down I climbed the road from Ballina to Portroe in Co Tipperary and on to the lovely village of Ballycommon, where the local thatched restaurant was bustling with custom.
Bidders slug it out as Wexford holding goes for €19,000/ac
In an auction that Clive Kavanagh of Jordans described as 'a flyer', a residential farm on 79ac near the village of Rathnure in Wexford sold in its entirety for €1.5m, making almost €19,000/ac.
Land-buying spree by stud farms might be at an end as Tipp farms fail to hit asking prices
There are signs that the heat may be going out of the land market in south Tipperary.
Country classic: Period house on 30ac in Tipperary for €695,000
A number of substantial rural properties remain on the market and, with price readjustment, represent good value.
'Plenty of potential' in 85ac Westmeath farm on the market for €7,700/ac
The Midlands North West is one constituency for the European Parliament elections and is also the home of Irish country music.
Prime Kilkenny ground sells for €12,000 per acre
A 72ac section of the Kilmurray Estate with a renovated gate lodge at Thomastown Co Kilkenny sold under the hammer last week, making €860,000, just short of €12,000 per acre.
Tillage farmer lands 85ac Meath holding for well over €10,000/ac
With very little Meath farmland on the market so far this year, the sale of an 85.8ac tillage farm near Navan was expected to give an indication as to what sort of prices might be expected in the...
Farmland element of 211-acre property near Newbridge has a guide price of €15,500 per acre
A rare and substantial mix of land located where the Greater Dublin area meets farming country is for sale just outside Newbridge in Kildare.
Farming buyers prevail in €5m sale of 298ac tillage beef farming enterprise
Prumplestown House on 298ac near Castledermot in Kildare sold in lots for €4.87m at auction last week. The sale, conducted by John Dawson of...
Calls for CPOs to be used for graveyards as farmers ramp up prices
Farmers are demanding development prices for lands that County Councils require to carry out vital extensions to cemeteries.
East Cork 80ac farm holding has mass appeal
East Cork land is valued ground and dairy farmers in the area will be closely watching the progress of an 80ac residential farm at Coneybeg, Watergrasshill.
Meath farm sells for €27,000/ac
A local dairy farmer outbid two others to buy a 25-acre non-residential farm at Powderlough, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath at a sensational price of €675,000 or €27,000 per acre.
Farmers' hold on land lasts beyond the grave
The most active class of land sellers are executors or others making probate sales, according to a new report.
Large Roscommon holding with a good range of sheds 'one of the finest' in the county
Last week, I found myself in Roscommon at a substantial c167ac farm at Ballinaheglish, about 15km west of the county town. The holding,...
Pictures: Georgian style on 56ac of 'good ground' for €800,000 in the midlands
Cloneyhurke House near Portarlington in Co Offaly is a beautiful two-storey over basement Georgian house fully restored and standing on 56ac of land.
Fall off in sales of land as leasing becomes more popular - report
The land market in Ireland saw increases in values, on average, of 12pc in the past 12 months, with long term leasing becoming more prevalent, particularly for younger entrants to...
'It belongs to the children of Kerry' - Don't sell care home farm, Franciscan order urged
Parents of residents of a Kerry care home are urging the religious order who once ran the facility to halt its plans to sell its 110 acre farm as they...
