AUCTION: 122 acres of good quality arable land for public auction in Offaly

A total of 122 acres of good arable land at Newtown, Killeigh is going to public auction on Tuesday, June 13 next

Matt Dunne & Associates RICS SCSI, the Portarlington based auctioneers, will conduct the sale. The farm is all in grass, has been mostly reseeded in recent years, has mature hedges and enjoys extensive road frontage.

“Ideal for a house subject to obtaining the necessary planning permission,” said Matt Dune.

This farm was purchased “for tax reasons” by the current owners, a north Tipperary family, who sold development land in that area in 2016.

Having held ownership of the farm for the statutory seven-year-period, have now decided to sell on.

The original owners of the land the Cleary family of Glenisk Dairies adjacent to the farm have continued to lease it for the intervening seven year period, and in total have farmed this holding since Mr Cleary snr. first purchased it almost 100 years ago on August 16 1928

Said Matt Dunne “The land is in great heart, with a good depth of soil and all in one division.”

The farmyard consists of four cubicle cattle sheds with capacity for 214 cattle, large silage slab and slurry storage tanks. Private well and electricity are on site.

The farm is situated on the L2001 approximately 2 miles off the main Tullamore /Portarlington Road R420. Portlaoise is 29km away, Kildare 40km and Tullamore 9km.

Matt Dunne is guiding what he believes to be a very realistic reserve of €12,300 per acre.

“Hopefully that is enough to attract interest from outside the area. The farm is ideal with its internal service road and farmyard for the dairy farmer, but this rich vein of land in this area will also suit tillage,” he added.

The auction will take place at 3pm on Tuesday, June 13 in The Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore.