A 65ac farm at Oldtown, Donore, Caragh, Co Kildare, will go to aution at the end of next month. It is located 2.5km from the village of Caragh, on Sticken’s Lane. It is easily accessible to a wide range of locations including Naas 8.5km, Newbridge 12km, Sallins 9km, Clane 9km and the M7 10km.

The property has extensive road frontage of about 200m onto Sticken’s Lane. The entire is in three divisions mostly in beans with a smaller section of about five acres in grass.

According to Clive Kavanagh of the selling agents “there is generally good demand for non-residential blocks of land from both farmers expanding and people with cash looking to invest in a secure asset with tax-free benefits when entering a minimum of a five-year lease agreement”. Expanding on this, Clive has noted “since COVID-19 there has been a considerable increase in enquiries from people looking to relocate cash into tangible assets”.

The property is for sale by public auction on Friday 24 July at 3pm on the lands. Selling agents Jordan auctioneers are quoting a guide price of €700,000.