If one was interested in purchasing a large farm holding all in one block, then Limerick is the place to go. There are a number of farms on the market in Limerick to choose from that are around 150ac in size. Some have dairy facilities in place.
A 146ac holding near Rathkeale is on the market, guided at €10,000/ac or €1.5m. The property is located at Duxtown and the sale includes entitlements worth €18,400/year. It was originally meant to go to auction at the end of March, but that was cancelled as a result of COVID-19 restrictions and it is now for sale by private treaty.
“The main farm of 146ac is bound by two roads,” said John Flynn, on behalf of the selling agents. “There was a good bit of interest at the start, but things have changed. The property is still for sale. The land is high, dry and fertile. There is an old farmhouse that would be suitable for staff also.”
The farm is for sale as a whole, but it could lend itself to subdivision, he added. It is laid out in one block, mostly south facing, and includes a paddock system with internal roadways. In terms of farmyard infrastructure, there is a 20-unit Dairymaster parlour on the property with a dump line, swing-over arms and automatic feeders. There is also a 2,000-gallon Mueller bulk talk. There are a number of sheds including two cubicle houses, both with 100 cubicles. One of them has automatic scrapers, while the other one has a slatted tank and central feed passage. There is a 100ft × 80ft silage pit with a slatted effluent tank. There is another cubicle shed with 24 cubicles, a three-bay beef shed and six-bay lieback area used for calving. The property has its own well and is supplied by mains electricity.
There is a bungalow, which could be used for a farm worker, that has one double bedroom. It has an open plan kitchen and living area, oil central heating and a stove.
The joint selling agents are John Giltinane & Associates, Adare, and John Flynn Auctioneer, Charleville.
A 160ac residential farm at Shanrath, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, is for sale by private treaty. This was scheduled to go to auction, but this was cancelled in the interest of public health. The property is all in one block, divided into several well laid out fields. The property is accessed by a passageway off the main road that links Newcastle West to Dromcollogher.
“The lands are generally excellent in quality and suitable for beef, dairying or equestrian purposes. The land adjoins the River Deel at the northern and eastern side of the farm,” a spokesperson for the selling agents, GVM auctioneers, said
Outbuildings on the farm include a five-bay hay barn with lean-to, a cubicle house, a holding pen, a cattle crush and a silage slab.
The two-storey residence consists of a hallway, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, utility, five first floor bedrooms and a bathroom. It has an oil-fired central heating system, double-glazed windows and a private water supply from a well, which supplies the entire holding.
The guide price is in excess of €1m and the selling agent is GVM auctioneers, Kilmallock.
A 144ac ready-to-go dairy at Ballylahiff includes facilities for 150/head. It is located approximately 1.5km outside Newcastle West, just off the main Limerick to Kerry road, the N21. It is just around the corner from the Pallas Foods factory in Newcastle West.
The farm is in numerous fields and has central roadways. The land is split by an old railway line, which is now the west Limerick walkway. However, this doesn’t affect access to the farm.
The property includes a 12-unit milking parlour and a cubicle house with automatic scrapers, suitable for 150 head of cattle.
There is another 45-unit slatted house, as well as two further slatted units – one 100ft × 60ft and one 50ft × 60ft. The property also includes a five-bay calf house, two calving pens, a storage area and other outbuildings.
A Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlement of €24,000 per annum is for sale with the property.
The farmhouse, which was built in 1969 and comes with six bedrooms, is ready to move in. The house has a solid fuel range, oil-fired central heating and an open fireplace. It has double-glazed windows and the building energy rating (BER) is C2.
The property is for sale by private treaty. The entire is guided at €1.9m (€13,550/ac) and the selling agent is Sherry Fitzgerald Stack, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick.
A separate 38ac at Enniscouche, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, is also for sale. This was scheduled to go to auction on the same date as the first property, but is also now a private treaty sale.
“This land is good-quality Golden Vale land, with mains water and a natural water supply running adjacent to the property,” John Flynn said.
The land is laid out as one block in six fields with a river boundary. There are entitlements valued at €4,500/year included in this sale. The property is guided at €9,000/ac or €342,000.
The joint selling agents are John Giltinane & Associates, Adare and John Flynn Auctioneer, Charleville.
Land is still moving in the treaty county, despite the coronavirus emergency. Richard Ryan of GVM auctioneers says that in the last two weeks, he completed a number of sales in the Croom and Adare area.
He said that in all of the completed sales, the purchasers were farmers. The average price of land in Limerick passed the €9,000/ac mark last year for the first time since 2013, according to the Irish Farmers Journal land price survey.
The average price recorded in 2019 was €9,739/ac, up 12% on 2018.