33-acre Macroom farm available in lots
The property is all in one block, with plenty of road frontage, and is being sold by Killian Lynch Auctioneers, who are offering the property in three lots: Lot 1 is 31.3 acres; lot 2 is a site within the property, comprising 1.7 acres with full planning permission for a dwelling; lot 3 is the entire 33-acre farm, including the site with full planning.
The site should be a useful asset, no matter who buys the property, as it’s in a very scenic and elevated area that’s close to the town and closer still to the River Lee.
The land is almost entirely in pasture and is of good quality. With the location of the highly successful Asian buffalo milk farm up the road, you might say that farming options in this dairy-dominated part of the world are wide open.
According to Killian Lynch, there is strong interest in both lots and bidding has already begun, with €220,000 having been offered on lot 1 (just over 7,000/acre) and an offer of 70,000 on the 1.7- acre site with planning permission.
Meanwhile, the same auctioneer announced that a property that was for sale by private treaty (and which featured in the Irish Examiner ‘Farming’ edition of April 23), in Carriganima, is being put up for public auction on June 11.The 180-acre holding was making €395,000, until the owners decided to auction the entire property. The auction will be at the Castle Hotel, in Macroom, where interest is expected to be very strong.
