Bids reach €1.75m for top quality holding

The last mention that we had of this farm near Bandon in Co Cork was on Christmas week, 2005.

Then, we reported that Brothersfort Farm, a renowned tillage enterprise and being sold by the Ferguson family, was bid up to €3.6m and was expected to come close to the guide of €4m — for 142 acres of land. That’s the equivalent of €28,169 per acre — a price that was quite common in the lead up to boom’s peak in 2006.

Mike Brady of the Brady Group is giving a much saner figure this time round for the private treaty sale.