Vendor asks €9m for Lisselan farm
Back then, in the dark days of 2010 and 2011, the farm set a massive benchmark for quality pastureland and was a harbinger for things to come — a massive thirst for quality land driven by CAP changes and the onset of a free market economy in agriculture.
Lisselan highlighted the strength of the dairy sector in particular in an economy that was moribund at the time. The sale saw huge interest and made a record price for the country, as well as the county, at the time. It was purchased by a well-know dairying family from Bandon. This time round, who will buy the remainder of the Blackburn-family owned estate? Quatari buyers have been quite prominent of late, in prime bloodstock breeding areas of Tipperary and Limerick — perhaps the home of Imperial Call may be the calling card for single strong buyer? Because that’s what’s needed in this single-lot, 9million sale of 310 acres.
