Kilkenny farm makes €3.1 million at auction

It was after a dairy farmer got involved that the price began to increase
Kilkenny farm makes €3.1 million at auction

The house and outbuildings of the 235-acre farm that sold for €3.1 million at auction.

Last featured on these pages in the edition of August 18, one of the largest farms parcels of land sold in Ireland so far this year was purchased at a public auction in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny last Friday, the 21st of October. It was also the largest sold in Kilkenny in almost 30 years, according to the man with the gavel on the day – Castlecomer-based auctioneer Joseph Cogan.

The farm in question is 2km from Thomastown in the townland of Columbcille and it had been generating a good deal of interest in the months running up to the auction date.

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