Dry farm even in January

WET, wet, wet — the weather can be on the side of the agricultural buyer at this time of year, because you get a good indication of how well land drains, following our January deluges.

Despite all the inches that have fallen, a farm near the pretty village of Grange, Clonmel, is still looking good.

“There aren’t many farms you could walk at this time of year, but this farm is a cracking piece of ground,” says estate agent John Stokes of a 47-acre holding at Ballindoney West.

The non-residential Tipperary holding is good quality, dry tillage ground, he says, and would make an ideal add-on or lifestyle property.

Just over two kilometres from the village, and with 145 metres of road frontage, it is limestone based and free-draining, he says, with no waste.

An outlying farm, it’s due for auction on February 12 at the Cahir House Hotel, and has a pre-auction guide price of around €800,000.

Effectively in two interconnecting blocks, the land is in a very desirable area, he says. It’s laid out in three divisions and is well fenced, having been under tillage for the last few years.

Stokes and Quirke Auctioneers are the selling agents.