Unusual auction, but per-acre price of €13,500 achieved quickly

A crowd of 150 or more turned up last week for the auction of a 70-acre farm at Kilgobbin, Ballinadee, near Bandon — a property which sold in two parts, before and after the auction.

The land, in what agent Paddy Murray described as ‘three exceptional blocks’, drew interest, but the bidding didn’t match the attendance.

The 70 acres of tillage ground was offered in the entire initially and then in lots, at which stage one particular lot of 33 acres was sold for €450,000.