Shiely selling former Cork home

Bit by bit since 2009, farmer Liam Shiely has sold up his fragmented dairy holding in west Cork, following his sensational acquisition of the 550-acre Castle Annaghs estate in Co Kilkenny.

Shiely must now be assimmilated in Co Kilkenny, as he has put his home farm, at Madore, Drimoleague, up for sale with John Hodnett, of Hodnett Forde, who also sold another farm, at Smorane, Skibbereen, for the intensive dairy farmer.

The home, near Caheragh, is a residential dairy farm with 120 acres and a range of good quality outbuilidngs, including a modern milking parlour and a location off the main Skibbereen/Bantry road.