Perfect tillage ground in this magnificent holding

IRELAND’S largest farmland sale of 2007 — the Bergerin Estate in Co Wexford — was imminent as we went to press this week.

This North Slobland holding comprises 1,220 acres on the sunny south-east coast, mostly rich polder land reclaimed in 1847. It’s owned by Tralee’s Lee Strand Dairy, headed up by Bill Kennedy, a businessman and farmer, who will figure in our end-of-year review feature in our next Farming on January 3.

The Bergerin Estate tender date was December 7, and John Radford of Sherry FitzGerald Radford has spent the past week fielding calls on the sale, while the tenders were considered.