A 25ac residential farm is for sale near Cootehill, Co. Cavan. The property is at Dernakesh and is being sold by Michael Smith Auctioneers by auction. The guide price is in the region of €300,000.

The farm has frontage on the public road and can be accessed by its own private avenue. The land is in permanent pasture and laid out in 11 fields. There is a water supply to all fields.

The residence is a traditional, two-storey farmhouse. It has a lounge, a kitchen/dining room with a Standley 90 oil cooker which also works with the central heating. Upstairs there are three bedrooms. According to the auctioneers, the house would benefit from modernising.

Outside the house is a traditional farmyard in which there is a two-storey stone walled barn measuring 52 feet by 17 feet. It has potential for many uses including an office for a buyer wishing to work from home. The holding is going for auction on Friday 17 November at 3pm in the Gallonray House.