This is a top quality residential holding comprising of approximately 165ac, situated approximately 2km west of the village of Rathcormac.

On the books of Mallow-based auctioneers, Sherry Fitzgerald O’Donovan, the land is all in one block, divided into 12 natural divisions by hedgerows and mature trees.

Auctioneer, Michael O’Donovan said: “This is a superb farm and it’s all in one block and laid out in 12 easily worked fields with excellent road frontage and easy access points. It’s top class land suitable for any type of farming enterprise.

“About 90ac are in tillage at the moment, a mixture of winter oats and spring barley and the balance of the land is in grassland.”

The farmyard, which is located relatively central in the front third of the farm going back from the entrance, consists of a range of farm outbuildings.

The yard hasn't been used on a day-to-day basis in 15 years, but there's ample evidence that it was a state-of-the-art farm in its day.

Included among those are four round roof sheds with silage walls with lean-tos with some cubicle space. There is also machinery sheds, former calf sheds a general purpose A roof shed and a disused 12-unit milking parlour with round collection yard. A quick glance around the yard is enough to tell you that this was a top of the range farm in its day. The farm has been used for tillage and dairy in the past

While the yard itself hasn’t been used for the best part of 15 years, if a purchaser was intent on moving in and getting started then the basics are there to get things underway in a short enough time frame.

About 90ac of the holding has been in tillage for a number of years.

The dwelling comprises of a traditional four bedroom farmhouse extending to approx. 148 sq.m (1,593 sq. ft). It has oil fired central heating and the ground floor contains a kitchen with an oil fired Aga cooker, entrance hall, utility, sitting room and living room while the first floor has four bedrooms and a bathroom.

Set back off the road, the residence is accessed by a tarmac driveway that is lined by mature trees. The house is south facing, in a private setting with mature trees all around. Indeed the trees are a noticeable feature throughout the property.

The farm has extensive road frontage on two sides and a stream makes up the northern boundary of the farm.

The four bed dwelling house is set back from the road and accessed via a mature tree lined avenue.

According to Michael O’Donovan, this property is attracting extremely strong interest to-date.

The area has an extremely rich agricultural tradition with dairy and tillage dominating, but there is strong beef and equestrian links in that region north east of Cork city. Even allowing for large farms in the area, 165ac in one block is sure to have appeal. Within half an hour of Mallow and Mitchelstown, it is sure to attract strong dairy interest.

The guide price on this outstanding piece of Cork farmland is €2,000,000, approx. €12,000/ac.