Anyone familiar with driving the road from Mayo to Dublin has passed this property on multiple occasions.

The substantial 191-acre farm is located on your right-hand side as you come out of Longford, with considerable frontage along the N4.

With such a large block it is understandable that the quality of the land is varied.

The entire farm is currently under permanent pasture.

The parcels which can be seen from the road are the best quality of the lot and would facilitate a good grazing enterprise with silage made on these fields every year.

Indeed, the entire farm is currently under permanent pasture and would support a grazing system.

The farm itself is split by the railway line, but there is access between the two blocks, the larger of which comes with the residence on 112 acres (lot two).

The property comes with a realistic guide of €1.2m, or €6,282/ac.

The residence located on the farm is in need of considerable investment

While some of the land in the block which is suitable for forestry would be valued lower than this, the better-quality grazing ground brings up the average.

The smaller parcel, lot one, is made up of 79 acres and would benefit from extensive drainage and reseeding.

However, some of this parcel would probably be best suited to forestry production.

Residence

Cooleeny House, the residence located on the farm has a commanding setting over the land, but it would be in need of considerable investment to return it to its former glory.

The accommodation comprises of five bedrooms, a bathroom, two reception rooms, a large kitchen, a rear kitchen and larder/scullery.

The better-quality parcels would facilitate a good grazing enterprise with silage made on these fields every year

The dwelling is in need of total refurbishment but has not surpassed the point of total dereliction with the majority of the internal original lathed ceilings, ceiling roses and covings still intact.

The farm is being offered by public auction on at 3pm Friday 11 October at the Longford Arms Hotel with local interest likely to ensure a packed auction room. The sale is being handled by James L Murtagh Auctioneers.