Westmeath

The land auction scene continues to see strong results as we move through May. Murtagh Bros held a number of successful online auctions of land in Westmeath.

This included c41.5ac at Ballinacarrow, Ballynacargy, offered in a number of lots. One of c15.5ac sold for €180,000.

The 41.5ac at Ballinacarrow, Ballynacargy, Westmeath.

A lot of c26ac of forestry was withdrawn at €110,000 – but sold at a higher figure afterwards.

A holding of c29.5 acres at Rathconnell, Ballynacargy, laid out in divisions, sold for €340,000 or €11,500/ac.

A c32ac holding at Rathcore, Dysart, Mullingar went on the market at €350,000, with the hammer falling at €465,000, equal to €14,500/ac.

Meath

Raymond Potterton auctioneers put a 23ac holding at Calliaghstown, Balrath, Kells, Co Meath, up for public auction and it was knocked down at €306,000. The same firm auctioned a 118ac residential farm at Corrakeeran, Killmainhamwood, Kells, which sold for €1,150,000.

Galway

DNG Martin O’Connor Land Sales sold two plots of land in Co Galway in its most recent monthly online property auction. A cottage and shed ruins on c10.72ac at Attirowerty, Letterfrack was first up. After 38 bids it was sold for €267,000 to a farmer from the general locality.

Next was a holding of undivided shares of commonage totalling to c25.50ac in Attirowerty and Baunoge, Letterfrack. After 27 bids, the holding was sold for €38,000 to a local farmer. The next sale will be on 20 July.

Laois

Jordan Auctioneers, meanwhile, successfully sold a residential farm on 83ac at Clonygowan, Ballyfin, Co Laois.

The 83ac with house at Clonygowan, Ballyfin, Co Laois.

The entire was targeted by the most serious bidding. It opened at €700,000 and then two individuals competed until the hammer fell at €1.22m. Auctioneer Clive Kavanagh said this equated to just under €15,000/ac, including the house. “The buyer is understood to be from the general locality,” he said.