The Irish Farmers Journal understands locally that the 238-acre Grange farm situated at Ratoath, Co Meath has been sold in a private deal this week following a short period on the market.

While no price was divulged by the joint selling agents Sherry Fitzgerald Carroll, Dundalk, and Sherry Fitzgerald Sherry, Dunshaughlin, it is believed a sale price was agreed “approaching the asking price” of €3.35m.

According to Brian Carroll of Sherry FitzGerald Carroll, the farm was sold to a local tillage farmer.

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Interest

Carroll added the farm attracted a mix of interest from local farmers, investors as well as overseas interest.

Situated circa two miles from Ratoath village at Grange, the non-residential farm has been in tillage for a long number of years and would be renowned for its ability to produce quality crops. Split by a local county road (approximately two-thirds/one-third), the land itself is level and is laid out in five sprawling fields, some of which are over 50 acres in size, making it a tillage farmer’s paradise when using big machinery.

Left fallow for the past 18 months, the farm is described as “superb quality” and is suited to any type of farming enterprise. The farmyard features a range of covered silage pits, store houses and haybarns.