Prime holding in rich farm area

The first offering of two plum sales with Irish and European this week is a renowned parcel of land at Dripsey, Co Cork, part of the Dripsey Castle estate of the O’Shaughnessy family.

The second sale (see page 9) is at Scagh, Boherbue, and both units have about 70 acres a piece.

The Dripsey sale is expected to create a frisson in the highly productive local dairying area and the 74-acre holding is only one small part of the Dripsey Castle demesne held by the O’Shaughnessy family, who founded the now defunct, Dripsey Woollen Mills. The family are to retain most of their lands which includes the ruins of the McCarthy More castle.