A 71ac farm with extensive cattle sheds and a derelict house near Mullagh, Co Cavan, is being offered for sale by private treaty by Smith Properties.

The farm is at Crossbane, along the Killinkere/Mullagh Road, 1.5km from Cross Church and primary school. The farm has seven acres of forestry and 58ac of good, elevated grazing land. According to auctioneer Raymond Smith it’s a model farm and attracting interest from local farmers “and outside interest too”.

One of the cattle sheds at Crossbane.

The farmyard and house are central on the farm and accessed by a tarmac avenue. A gravel farm roadway then runs on through the farm giving good access for machinery and livestock.

The yard has a five-bay single-slatted shed, a cow byre, covered silage shed, machinery shed, hayshed and other sheds plus a cattle handling unit.

The two-storey house sits at the entrance to the farmyard and needs full refurbishment.

The two-storey house sits at the entrance to the farmyard and is in need of refurbishing. The farm is on offer at €600,000.