€500,000 price guide on 17 acres

SIT down, take a deep breath, and repeat, ‘€47,000 per acre, €47,000 per acre.’

That’s the sort of sum paid for 15 acres of unzoned farmland near Cork’s Airport Hill a few weeks ago, and now coming hot on its heels is a broadly comparable 17 acres of land, set to make similar waves.

Just off the main road to Kinsale, a mile or so from the Cork Airport gates, near Ballygarvan House, this roadside plot of land adjacent to the city is about to be auctioned by Denis Barrett of Barrett and Cahill Auctioneers.