Good land making €13,000/ac in Connacht

32ac Mountbellew parcel makes €425,000 as prices paid west of the Shannon reflect national trends

The farm at Castlegar, Mountbellew is in one block and includes a farmyard with a two-column slatted shed

Jim O'Brien

The majority of farm sales west of the Shannon are undertaken by private treaty, but a certain amount of land is sold by public auction and in recent times the prices paid are reflective of land prices across the country.

Over the last few months Roscommon auctioneer Ivan Connaughton conducted a number of auctions.