The recent dramas in the Co Tipperary land market continue apace. The 813ac Rockwell Farm close to Cashel is one of the finest farms to come on the market in years. It’s now on sale with Sherry Fitzgerald’s Country Homes and Commercial divisions and is being offered in the entire or in two self-contained lots, by private treaty.
Despite the big acreage involved, this is a farmer’s farm. There is no large period house to be maintained, no new trophy home to distract. It’s about the land, the yards and the location.
The land is mostly top class. Few other areas of the country could put forward 813ac of such quality land in one tight unit.
A cubicle house in the dairy yard on Lot 2.
The sheds in the dairy yard on Lot 2 are in excellent condition.
A working farm, there are three main yards and a number of smaller ones. Two of the larger yards are now becoming dated but the third – the one which contains the dairy unit – is modern, designed to milk large numbers of cows efficiently. According to the auctioneers, in the entire, the farm has capacity for 600 cows, under the current nitrates rules.
Lifetime opportunity
Potential buyers for Rockwell Farm include operators in the equine sector as well as farmers and agri companies involved in milk and beef production.
The owners and their agents have placed a high price tag on the farm, most likely in light of the fact that the Spiritan Order is selling the land as part of its commitment to make redress to victims of sexual abuse.
The price is in excess of €21m for the entire, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest big in Ireland’s land market.
Rockwell Farm - Lots 1 and 2 face each other across the R639 main road. The farm is effectively one unit.
The initial details on the two lots of Rockwell Farm are as follows.
Lot 1 is 270ac centred on the townland of Carrigeen, with a guide price in excess of €6m. It’s a fine, square block of land located directly opposite the main entrance to Rockwell Farm and College. It has one large farmyard and two houses, with a good network of farm roads.
The farmyard is set back 450m from the public road and has four large sheds which are a mix of slatted accommodation, other cattle housing and stores. According to the auctioneers, the area of the slatted sheds is approximately
17, 222 sq ft. There are also two open silage pits here and a cattle crush. This yard has capacity to overwinter 200 head of cattle, the auctioneers say.
The main farmhouse residence is located beside this farmyard. This bungalow has a living room, sitting room, kitchen, utility, storage rooms and three bedrooms. The house, which is 2,098 sq ft in area, requires some modernisation.
One of the sheds in the dairy yard that's on Lot 2.
The second house in Lot 1 is a cottage, located close to the public road. It has an entrance hall, living room, kitchen and three bedrooms. There are small gardens at the front and rear. At 828 sq ft in area, this property also requires modernising.
Lot 2 – one unit
Lot 2 is 543ac in one unit centred on the townlands of Rockwell and Doggstown. It is across the R639 main road and beside the former agricultural college and secondary school. There is a wide commercial entrance to the farm from the main road and this lot has a guide price in excess of €15m.
The land is in one unit but divided by the M8 motorway. There is an overpass for livestock and a good farm road network. Two main yards sit on this land. One is an older yard, with seven round-roofed haysheds joined together, running side by side. This is set back 350m from the public road. Currently, it is primarily used for storage, including feed storage and machinery. A weighbridge also sits in this yard.
One of the yards on Lot 2. Uses include storage of feed and machinery.
The new dairy yard is towards the centre of the land. The large, main shed here houses the 60-unit deLaval rotary parlour and a 28,000 litre deLaval bulk tank.
According to the auctioneers, there are 427 cubicle spaces and another 220 cubicles in another yard on this land. Lot 2 has a total slurry capacity of 1m gallons in tanks plus an overground store with a capacity of 800,000 gallons.
There are straw bedded sheds, a handling and drafting area.
Rockwell Farm near Cashel is in a great location, close to busy towns, sitting on the R639 and with the M8 motorway nearby.
The cottage at Carrigeen, Lot 1.
The main farmhouse on Lot 1. It is just over 2,000 sq ft in area.
The recent dramas in the Co Tipperary land market continue apace. The 813ac Rockwell Farm close to Cashel is one of the finest farms to come on the market in years. It’s now on sale with Sherry Fitzgerald’s Country Homes and Commercial divisions and is being offered in the entire or in two self-contained lots, by private treaty.
Despite the big acreage involved, this is a farmer’s farm. There is no large period house to be maintained, no new trophy home to distract. It’s about the land, the yards and the location.
The land is mostly top class. Few other areas of the country could put forward 813ac of such quality land in one tight unit.
A cubicle house in the dairy yard on Lot 2.
The sheds in the dairy yard on Lot 2 are in excellent condition.
A working farm, there are three main yards and a number of smaller ones. Two of the larger yards are now becoming dated but the third – the one which contains the dairy unit – is modern, designed to milk large numbers of cows efficiently. According to the auctioneers, in the entire, the farm has capacity for 600 cows, under the current nitrates rules.
Lifetime opportunity
Potential buyers for Rockwell Farm include operators in the equine sector as well as farmers and agri companies involved in milk and beef production.
The owners and their agents have placed a high price tag on the farm, most likely in light of the fact that the Spiritan Order is selling the land as part of its commitment to make redress to victims of sexual abuse.
The price is in excess of €21m for the entire, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest big in Ireland’s land market.
Rockwell Farm - Lots 1 and 2 face each other across the R639 main road. The farm is effectively one unit.
The initial details on the two lots of Rockwell Farm are as follows.
Lot 1 is 270ac centred on the townland of Carrigeen, with a guide price in excess of €6m. It’s a fine, square block of land located directly opposite the main entrance to Rockwell Farm and College. It has one large farmyard and two houses, with a good network of farm roads.
The farmyard is set back 450m from the public road and has four large sheds which are a mix of slatted accommodation, other cattle housing and stores. According to the auctioneers, the area of the slatted sheds is approximately
17, 222 sq ft. There are also two open silage pits here and a cattle crush. This yard has capacity to overwinter 200 head of cattle, the auctioneers say.
The main farmhouse residence is located beside this farmyard. This bungalow has a living room, sitting room, kitchen, utility, storage rooms and three bedrooms. The house, which is 2,098 sq ft in area, requires some modernisation.
One of the sheds in the dairy yard that's on Lot 2.
The second house in Lot 1 is a cottage, located close to the public road. It has an entrance hall, living room, kitchen and three bedrooms. There are small gardens at the front and rear. At 828 sq ft in area, this property also requires modernising.
Lot 2 – one unit
Lot 2 is 543ac in one unit centred on the townlands of Rockwell and Doggstown. It is across the R639 main road and beside the former agricultural college and secondary school. There is a wide commercial entrance to the farm from the main road and this lot has a guide price in excess of €15m.
The land is in one unit but divided by the M8 motorway. There is an overpass for livestock and a good farm road network. Two main yards sit on this land. One is an older yard, with seven round-roofed haysheds joined together, running side by side. This is set back 350m from the public road. Currently, it is primarily used for storage, including feed storage and machinery. A weighbridge also sits in this yard.
One of the yards on Lot 2. Uses include storage of feed and machinery.
The new dairy yard is towards the centre of the land. The large, main shed here houses the 60-unit deLaval rotary parlour and a 28,000 litre deLaval bulk tank.
According to the auctioneers, there are 427 cubicle spaces and another 220 cubicles in another yard on this land. Lot 2 has a total slurry capacity of 1m gallons in tanks plus an overground store with a capacity of 800,000 gallons.
There are straw bedded sheds, a handling and drafting area.
Rockwell Farm near Cashel is in a great location, close to busy towns, sitting on the R639 and with the M8 motorway nearby.
The cottage at Carrigeen, Lot 1.
The main farmhouse on Lot 1. It is just over 2,000 sq ft in area.
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