Top farm by busy Co Cork town
“There’s quite a lot of interest in it at the moment,” says Catherine of the farm that is about 7km from Millstreet, “and a lot of maps and brochures have gone out.”
The farmstead in question comprises high quality lands that benefit from extensive road frontage.
There are farm buildings and the dwelling house underwent refurbishment in recent years and is thus in excellent condition.
Banteer is 15km to the north and Macroom is 17km to the south of this attractive holding. The overall package is one that will attract a wide range of interested parties — from progressive farmers to someone simply looking for a house with acreage.
One of the more interesting aspects of this farm, however, is its position and place in history.
It is located on the famous Old Butter Road. Also referred to (in Co Cork at least) as the Old Kerry Road, this was the principal artery along which farmers from Kerry would travel to bring their produce to the butter market in Cork City.
In fact, the existence of the Butter Road was one of the most important elements that helped establish Millstreet as the thriving market town it still is today.
“The farm is situated on what was the Old Butter Road,” says Catherine. “The Kerryman’s Table is on these lands.”
The Kerryman’s Table was a flat rock that served as a stop-off point for the farmers as they paused for some refreshments for themselves and some rest for their horses during their journey to the big city.
It’s exactly mid-way between Cork City and Killarney 40km from each metropolis. Castleisland — another very important market town from centuries back — is also located exactly 40km from the Kerryman’s Table.
“The flat stone is still there,” says Catherine, “and there is a monument across the road from the farm that explains the historical importance of the place.”
Getting back to the here and now, this is visibly a well-maintained parcel of land. According to Catherine, it benefits from a southerly aspect and is well drained dry land. There are no entitlements going with the farm.
“The house was completely renovated three years ago,” she adds, “and the property can be sold in lots”.
“The layout of the property is very conducive to breaking it into different lots. The yard is unconnected to the dwelling house and has its own separate entrance, for example. Apart from that, there is a great deal of road frontage — both alongside the boundary and running through it.
You have the road that goes from Millstreet to Rylane forming part of the boundary and another road goes through it, giving you more road frontage on both sides of that road,” she said.
The farmhouse is of the traditional two-storey variety, neatly set off the public road. Accommodation consists of an entrance hall, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, shower room and three bedrooms.
Services include private well water, septic tank, mains electricity and solid fuel central heating. Amongst the features are solid oak internal doors.
The outbuildings include a silage pit (47ft x 40ft), slurry pit (50ft x 50ft), dairy (47ft x 18ft), cubicle house (47ft x 22ft), cubicles for 24 cattle and a cattle crush.
For the entire property, the agents are open to offers in the region of €440,000; translating to a per-acre price of €9,500.
It should be a very achievable goal considering the quality of the land and if the house sells separately along with a small amount of land as its curtilage, then it’s an expectation that could well be exceeded.
