A number of fine farms in counties Westmeath and Longford are going up for online auction this month, brought to market by Murtagh Bros.

Westmeath properties

A 51ac farm with a modern bungalow and small farmyard at Rathdrisogue, Castletown-Geoghegan, Co Westmeath, goes for auction on Thursday 1 July with a guide price of €450,000 or €8,800/ac. The location is 15 minutes’ drive from Mullingar Town.

The land at Rathdrisogue, Castletown-Geoghegan.

The land is free draining, watered and well fenced. The house is in very good condition. It is 110sq m (1,200sq ft) and has living room, lounge, kitchen/dining room, three bedrooms and converted attic. There is an oil-fired stove, central heating, an open fireplace, solid timber flooring and double-glazed windows.

The kitchen of the house at Rathdrisogue.

Also in Westmeath, Murtagh Bros will auction a 62ac non-residential holding at Church Lane, Ballymore, on Friday 2 July at 3pm. The land is all under grass and also has a three-bay hayshed with lean-to. The guide price is €400,000 or €6,450/ac. The farm is laid out in one, undivided block and has a year round natural water supply.

The auctioneers are making final preparations for the online auction of 24.75ac at Lynn, Mullingar, on Thursday 24 June. The holding is just 4.5km from Mullingar town, is laid out in one block and has a guide price of €300,000 or €12,100/ac.

There is good-quality land in this vicinity. The land for sale is all under grass of excellent quality, has mature trees throughout and over 250m of road frontage to the L1137.

Longford land

Also being auctioned next week by Murtagh Bros is a 44ac residential farm at Streamstown, Newtowncashel in Co Longford. The sale is on Friday 25 June.

The holding at Church Lane, Ballymore.

There’s good land and intensive cattle farming in this general area so there is likely to be keen interest in this holding. The land for sale is good quality. The guide price is €350,000 or €7,950/ac.

There is a three-bedroom, traditional-style cottage and a number of old style outbuildings beside it. The location is 1km from Newtowncashel village. The property is being offered in two lots, one of 35.5ac with house and yard and the other 8.5ac.