Offers of €1.7m likely for 214-acre south Cork farm

PORTIONS of this south Cork farm have been sold over the past ten years, but now 214 acres are for sale in one lot, through joint agents, Ernest Forde, of Hodnett Forde, and Joe McCarthy, of Irish and European, for offers in the region of €1.7m.

Figures like this are rarely bandied around these days. With commercial property in the doldrums, you could buy a prominent Dublin city-centre premises for that money, so it’s a sign of the vigorous farm-land market that values like this don’t turn a hair.

But it’s money that has to be earned, and the quality of this Coolkirky, Riverstick farm is sure to be examined by prospective purchasers.