A 57ac farm with house and yard is for sale near Edgeworthstown, Co Longford.

The farm is at Cam and is being sold by Murtagh Bros.

The holding will be sold via online auction on Friday 15 October at 3pm on the LSL platform. The guide price is €275,000.

Cam is 4.5km on the Mullingar side of Edgeworthstown, near the border with Co Westmeath and near the N4. It’s 18km from Longford and 32km from Mullingar.

The farm for sale is accessed via a cul de sac (L51603) which comes off the Edgeworthstown to Castlepollard road (R395).

Grassland

This farm is divided almost equally between grazing land and established forestry. The 28ac of grassland is described by the agents as “excellent quality and in permanent pasture”. It’s laid out in six main fields, with hedge boundaries.

Forestry

The 29ac of forestry is 20 years old and consists of 20ac of Norway Spruce and 9ac of Ash.

Residence and farm buildings

The house is a spacious traditional-style cottage with four bedrooms.

The farmyard has a three-bay hayshed, a number of smaller sheds and a cattle pen with crush.

The farm will be offered in two lots.

Lots

The farm will be offered at auction in two lots as follows:

  • Lot 1 is the house and outbuildings on 40ac which consists of approximately 10ac of grassland and 29ac of forestry.
  • Lot 2 is approximately 17.5ac of grassland.
  • All bidders must register with Murtagh Bros on or before 8 October with a refundable deposit of €20,000.