State-of-the-art dairy farm to go under the hammer

A modern ready-to-go residential dairy farm in Co Carlow is listed for online auction at the end of February. Quinn Property is handling the sale of the land near Tullow, which has a guide price between €1.7m and €1.8m.

The property is in two divisions, the largest proportion comprises of 75ac at Slaneyquarter and contains the residence and yard. The balance of the land is 2km away at Rathbaun.

Excellent quality land, it’s presently all in grass and has been run as a dairy farm for the last decade. Well fenced, the land has excellent internal roadways and a piped water system in place.

The holding has extensive road frontage, as well as frontage onto the river Slaney.

The property will be offered for sale in three lots. Lot 1 contains the house, yard and 75ac while the balance of the land, 28ac is included in Lot 2. The entire is listed as Lot 3.

The yard here is one of the star attractions. It’s centrally located on the main block of land and is laid out very efficiently with an extensive portfolio of outbuildings ranging from stone-built to more modern structures. To the observer, it’s a model farm and it’s ready to be put to use.

Model farm

Dairy facilities include a 12-unit milking parlour with automatic feeders, a 9.254l bulk tank, and water heaters. In addition, there is a collecting yard with crush and drafting gate.

Included within the array of buildings, is an A-frame roofed six-bay cubicle shed with feeding passage and slatted tanks and a six-bay lean-to. There’s further cubicle accommodation inside a three-bay round roof shed with two lean-to facilities.

Slatted sheds in the form of a four-bay shed with rubber mats and a six-bay one with a cattle crush in the feed passage can also be found along with two more A-frame sheds of four and five-bays respectively. From a feed storage view, there are a pair of covered silage pits, a pair of meal sheds and a meal bin.

The residence is a traditional two- storey farmhouse and, while presented in good condition throughout, could benefit from some upgrading and modernisation.

Extending to 144 sq m, the farmhouse with three bedrooms is a traditional two-storey structure. It’s in very good condition and the accommodation also includes a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, wet room, utility and bathroom.

This property benefits from an excellent location and fronts onto the R418 road connecting Tullow to Castledermot. It is located 5km north of Tullow, 2km from Killerig and 9km south of Castledermot. It is located 7km from Carlow and 9km from Athy.

There is a lot of farming activity within a 10km radius alone and the connecting road network could put this farm on the radar of plenty potential buyers.

Auctioneer, David Quinn describes the holding as one of the finest dairy farms to come on the market in the Carlow area for some time. “The dwelling might be dated but it’s a fine house and you could move into it straight away.

“The land is top quality and the yard, spectacular. There is plenty of slatted cattle accommodation and this could be a very valuable asset for anyone in the livestock sector especially given it’s so convenient with an excellent road network,” adds David Quinn.

The auction takes place at 12 noon on 28 February on the LSL online platform.