Farm sale coaxed over the line

THERE were 50 or more people at last Wednesday’s auction of a 157-acre farm at Mooretown, Kildare, and while bidding was strong initially, it took a lot of coaxing to get the property over the line.

However, in the heel of the hunt, auctioneer Paddy Jordan managed to sell the tillage and grassland farm after auction, for just under its guide price of €1.5 million.

Close to the National Stud and just outside Kildare town, the land is level, top-quality, with excellent road frontage, and a good deal of interest was expected.