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A dairy farmer from Kerry purchased a 197ac farm near Newcastlewest in Co Limerick for €2.6m (€13,200/ac), Irish Country Living understands.
The farm at Ballynacally, Ardagh, Co Limerick, had an asking price of €2.5m and was sold by private treaty towards the end of last year. The farm is set up as a dairy enterprise and includes an 18-unit Alfa Laval milking parlour with automatic feeders and a 2,500-gallon Packo bulk tank.
There are also a number of silage pits, a three-bay straw shed and a workshop
There are a number of outbuildings including a 40-head cubicle house, eight-bay slatted unit with automatic scrapers and cubicles to house 150 head, a slatted unit, two calf sheds and an overground slurry storage tank. There are also a number of silage pits, a three-bay straw shed and a workshop.
There is a five-bedroom house on the property and the farm is well set up with central roadways.
The property was sold at the end of last year.
The selling agent was Sherry Fitzgerald Stack, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, which had a notably busy year in terms of land sales in 2019.
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