€20,000/ac the order of the day as auction season cranks up

Farms in Limerick and Carlow set to make big money

The 84ac farm at Ballycahane, Manister, Croom in is in the heart of Limerick dairy land

Jim O'Brien

The spring cleaning has been done, the cuckoo has been heard and the auction rooms are already beginning to buzz with the excitement of bid and counterbid.

In the Midwest, Newport auctioneer James Lee is crossing the county boundary into the heart of Limerick dairy country to handle the sale of an 84ac non-residential farm at Ballycahane Upper, Manister near Croom.