Farm Property

April 2021

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Wee farm for all seasons up for online auction at €12,000/ac

A 55ac tillage and grass farm located at a crossroads in Oberstown, Co Louth is up for auction with John V Farrelly of DNG Royal County auctioneers.

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Limerick dairy farm, with €16,000 SFP, on the market for €1.1m

With summer beckoning and a gradual easing of Covid restrictions anticipated, more farms are coming on the market as vendors let their properties go forward for sale. 

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West Cork land market heats up as buyers move quickly to close deals

Glounaglough at Rylane near Macroom in Co Cork is surely a first cousin of the more famous Glendalough in Wicklow and perhaps also refers to a glen with two lakes.

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Land intended for GAA centre of excellence ready for switch to beef or dairy

In recent years certain GAA county boards around the country have made significant investments in central training facilities described as ‘centres of excellence’.

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No shortage of buyers for small to medium-sized farms

The land market continues to be dominated by the sale of small to middle-sized farms and, while less land is finding its way to the auctioneers’ books, there is no shortage of buyers.

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Private treaty and online sales continue to deliver strong prices nationwide

Sales by private treaty and online are continuing apace despite the lockdown.

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Forestry and grazing land parcels from €25,000 in east Cavan

Bailieborough auctioneer Peter Murtagh is handling the sale of a selection of farms in east Cavan totalling about 139ac. The residential and non-residential properties are suitable for grazing, and three of the parcels suitable for forestry already have technical approval.

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Lakeside holding with great views and plenty of potential 

Lakeside properties often command a premium, thanks to the landscape, the view and the soothing sound of water lapping the shore.

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Compact farms from €5,000/ac in the south-east

Two compact holdings in the south-east are coming to auction before the end of the month in sales handled by David Quinn of Quinn Property.

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March 2021

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Versatile Laois land in parcels great and small

Ballaghmore is the first village you meet in Laois after passing through Roscrea on the way north-east along the former Dublin road.

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No shortage of runners and riders for 104ac Fairyhouse farm

My student days were spent in Maynooth and its environs and I have some familiarity with the road linking the university town and Dunboyne, a thoroughfare with more twists and turns than a corkscrew.

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Up to €16,000/ac expected for former dairy farm near Cashel

One of the early parcels of South Tipperary land to reach the market is a 49ac residential farm at Carron, Cashel. For the last number of years prices paid for ground in this part of the world have hit the upper end of the scale. While not naming a specific guide price for this property auctioneer John FitzGerald of Dougan FitzGerald has his eyes set on the premium precedents established for local land prices and expects the executor sale to mirror these at between €12,000 to €16,000/ac.

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Prime grazing land opportunities in Meath and Cavan

Three compact grass farms suitable for beef or dairy are on the market in the Cavan/Meath border area, writes Jim O’Brien.

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Residential farms at affordable prices in the Royal County and the Kingdom

There’s a lot of talk at the moment about a rush to the country as ‘remote working’ opens up a whole new market for rural housing. Good broadband is now as important as water, electricity and sewerage facilities.

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Midlands farm for all seasons guided at €6,400 per acre

The district of Killeigh and Geashill located south of Tullamore, and close to Offaly’s border with Co Laois, are home to a range of land types where tillage ground, grazing and peatland exist side by side.

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Online bidder with deep pockets lands west Dublin holding for €26,500/ac

A 48ac parcel of land at Mulhuddart in west Dublin made €1,275m or €26,500/ac at an online auction last week. The land surpassed its guide price by almost €300,000 in a sale handled by Coonan Property.

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Lots of options as Wexford land auction season gathers pace

A 36ac holding located all around the village of Duncormick in Co Wexford is to be sold at online auction in three lots. The three are in grazing at present but have tillage potential and come with a guide of €10,000/ac.

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Top-class tillage ground for €11,000 per acre in east Cork

East Cork land is renowned for its fertility, and the further south you go the better it gets.

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Beef and dairy farming opportunity for €1.1m where the Shannon meets the Atlantic

The Shannon Estuary, where the mighty River Shannon meets the salt waters of the Atlantic, is an under-appreciated wonder.

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Smaller land parcels in Limerick and Tipperary guided at €10,000/ac

Smaller parcels of good land are making strong prices, especially in dairy country where farmers are constantly on the lookout for extra grazing and sources of fodder.

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Leinster land auction season off to a flying start with strong prices secured in online sales

In one of the earliest auctions of the year, a 59ac non-residential Kildare farm sold for €780,000 or around €13,220/ac, in a sale conducted on the online Offr platform by Eamon O’Flaherty of Sherry FitzGerald Brady O’Flaherty.

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Strong buyer sentiment and ‘pent up’ demand drives land prices up in last quarter of 2020

The current momentum in land prices is predicted to continue for the rest of the year as the lack of supply of good quality land remains an issue, according to a land market report.

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Midlands farm ‘ideal’ for beef or dairy on the market at €7,300 per acre

An attractive compact farm with a good yard near Kilbeggan in Co Westmeath has the makings of an ideal out-farm or part-time farm.

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'Farmers would be better off picking up a part-time job than paying €30,000 to rent 100ac'

The land rental market remains on fire, with the cost of con-acre running around €100/ac ahead of last year. 

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Letting market ‘a total scramble’ as farmers from all sectors vie for land

“The land rental scene is a total scramble at the moment,” says auctioneer Padraic Murtagh of James L Murtagh Auctioneers in Mullingar. “Farmers from all sectors – tillage, beef, sheep and dairy – are looking for land.”

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Race is on for €1.6m stud in south Tipperary

South Tipperary with its worldwide reputation in breeding and training is synonymous with the Irish equestrian industry.

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February 2021

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Versatile Cork farm expected to reel in the buyers at €16,000/ac

The hinterland of Bandon in Co Cork is home to a productive and progressive farming sector. Some fine farms in the area have come to the market of late and attracted good prices.

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Red-hot competition for top-quality farm in the Kingdom

Farmers in Cork and Limerick often complain that Kerry customers, their pockets bulging with Kerry shares, provide stiff competition when they cross the border from the Kingdom to buy the bigger blocks of land.

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Lively interest in 26ac Leinster farm on the market for the price of a small city apartment

According to much recent anecdotal evidence, the phenomenon of home-working is leading to a run on rural properties with buyers opting to move from highly priced, cramped urban locations to more spacious and affordable rural areas.

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‘Small increase’ in land values predicted for 2021

A strong finish to 2020 somewhat redeemed a difficult year for land sales, according to the latest Sherry FitzGerald Agricultural Land Barometer. Figures from their agents nationwide indicate an average per acre price of €8,850/ac, down 0.2pc on 2019.