Some 21ac at Crettyard, Co Kilkenny, was sold at auction at the end of January. The property, on the Kilkenny side of the border, was sold in three separate lots at a well-attended auction. Overall, the property made just shy of €200,000, averaging €9,190/ac.

Lot one, a 2.443ac field, sold to a local drystock farmer for €23,000 (€9,414/ac).

Lot two, a 7.280ac field, was sold to an adjoining local dairy farmer for €70,000 (€9,615/ac).

Meanwhile, lot three, a 12ac field, was sold to an adjoining dairy farmer for €100,000 (€8,333/acre).

The agent on the sale was auctioneer Joseph Coogan.