An attractive proposition
A non-residential holding, this grazing farm does include, however, a former abbatoir used by vendor Paddy MacSweeney of Macs Meats, before stringent regulations put paid to the small slaughtering facility.
Paddy MacSweeney is well known in Cork; he and wife Lillian ran five butcher shops in the city for many years.
The couple have sold off their shops in the last number of years, having retired from the retail meat trade some years ago.
They are now selling their Whitechurch farm, where cattle were stored prior to being moved into the food chain, says auctioneer Dan Fleming, who’s selling the farm by private treaty.
“It’s a good, sought-after area and it’s good-quality land which includes farm buildings,” he says.
“We’ve had an upsurge in enquiries for both small and large farms and people are looking to buy and extend for themselves or their sons.”
With this in mind, and considering the intensive dairy farmers in the immediate Whitechurch area, Fleming expects to achieve at least the market’s going rate of €10,000 per acre, but says €12,000 per acre might not be out of the question. He describes it as a very attractive parcel of land, laid out in grass, which can be sold in one or more lots.
The Dromgarriff farm is only 2km from Whitechurch village, and a short commute to Cork city, with all services laid on.
* Meanwhile, Dan Fleming sold 63 acres at auction last week and made €701,000 in total, the equivalent of €11,260 per acre for the farm at Tullylease, Charleville which it’s believed was purchased by local farmers.
