Tipperary hotel has sporting pedigree

A Golden Vale setting by Limerick Junction, and the Tipperary Racecourse, plus 114 acres of land with a Des Smyth-designed championship golf course, will add a certain sporting frisson to the bids for the 40-bed Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort in Tipperary.

The 2005-developed complex including pool and spa is being sold for receiver Kieran Wallace of KPMG with a €2m plus guide price quoted by agent John Ryan of CBRE.

Mr Ryan says it’s in rich farming land on the busy N24 Limerick-Waterford road, and gets a good spread of golf, leisure and hotel business from a broad catchment, as well as functions and weddings.