A 67ac residential farm with road frontage is on the market at Clonboyne, on the edge of Portlaoise. It will go up for auction in three lots on 9 October at 3pm on the farm. The auctioneer handling the sale is Joseph Coogan of Castlecomer.

The three lots are separate, albeit not far apart. Lot 1 is 40.6ac with the residence and farm buildings. It has 300m frontage onto the main Portlaoise to Mountrath road and easy access to the M7 motorway.

This is lot one which is 40.6ac with farmhouse and yard.

Lots 2 and 3 are across the motorway – over 1km away – and face each other across an old railway line. Lot 2 is 13ac, in two fields with 95m of road frontage, plus 200m of frontage on to a laneway. Lot three is 13.7ac in one field with 235m of road frontage with two gateways. There is a third gateway off another by-road.

Lot two is divided into two fields.

Three-bedroom house

The farm buildings are a three-bay free-standing lean-to with slatted tanks, a five-bay round-roof shed with two five-bay lean-tos coming off it, a silage pit, cattle crush, open yard area and some older well maintained sheds.

Lot three is one square field of 13.6 acres.

The residence is two storey. On the ground floor are two reception rooms, a fitted kitchen/dining area with a Stanley oil cooker, and bathroom. Upstairs are three bedrooms.

The house has double-glazed windows and central heating. According to Joe Coogan, both house and farm buildings are well maintained. They are central in the land and 300m from the public road, giving privacy.