Compact holdings with big potential

AUCTIONEER David McDonnell is handling the sale of a 47ac residential farm set in lovely countryside at the foot of “the Hill of Uisneach” in Co Westmeath.

The holding is guided at €450,000 and is for sale by private treaty.

Located mid-way between Mullingar and Athlone and with easy access to Loughnavalley and Castletown-Geoghegan, the property is set in good farming country.

The dwelling house is in top-class condition and includes three bedrooms, two reception rooms, a sunroom, a bathroom, a shower room, a fully fitted kitchen and utility.

There are some lovely features throughout, including solid-oak flooring and solid-oak kitchen units.

A substantial range of farm buildings includes a two-column, round-roof hayshed along with a single-bay calving shed, a walled silage pit, an open slurry tank, a three-column open, loose-bedded shed, four loose boxes, a workshop as well as a single and a double column loose bedded shed.

The land is made up of 29ac of grazing ground divided by a shared cul-de-sac road containing other houses and with possible further site potential, subject to planning permission.

The 18ac of forestry is in two lots with one portion located away from the main farm with its own road frontage. Three years of premiums remain on the plantation realising about €3,600 per annum.

This is a fine compact property already generating income that would make for an ideal part-time farm or hobby farm.

Cavan farm sale

Moving northwest to the Cavan/Meath border a 37ac farm at Laragh near Kingscourt in Co Cavan is described by Lisa Keenan of Keenan auctioneers as a property that ‘a lot of thought went into.’

The holding, with a tasty farmyard, can be bought in lots or as a an entire at a guide price of €330,000

Located 5km from Kingscourt, the property is divided by a laneway shared with a number other properties while the yard is accessed by a private laneway.

The 37ac of farmland is laid out in up to nine divisions and is in great heart having been fully reseeded in recent years.

The holding is served by a compact yard comprising a

Tidy set-up:

The 37ac farm at Laragh near Kingscourt in Co Cavan is guided at €330,000

four-bay modern slatted shed with feeding area and calving pens. The shed is built in such a way that the roof can be easily extended to cover more of the yard.

Other facilities include a cattle crush and stock handling facilities along with a wide range of older sheds and set on concrete.

The holding can be bought as an entire or in two further

lots with one made up of 13ac of good, easily accessible farmland with 600m frontage to the laneway. The next comprises 23ac of land with the yard and includes a natural water supply. It has equal frontage.

Lisa Keenan describes it as a fine parcel of land located close to the town, but far enough away to allow one to farm in peace.