Quality land just west of Macroom in need of some TLC

A fine piece of land is coming under the hammer just west of Macroom with locally-based agent Killian Lynch.

The 46.25-acre non-residential holding will be sold in one lot but it comes in two distinct parts — approximately 25 acres of quality pasture and 20 acres of pasture that’s in need of work to bring it up to its maximum potential.

“We’re getting a lot of interest in this place already,” says Killian of the holding that’s located in the townland of Shanballyshane near the village of Kilnamartyra — a Gaeltacht zone associated with Europe’s only toy soldier factory. “I’d be expecting a good turn-out for the auction.