40-acre hill farm in West Cork's Borlin Valley to prove alluring for some

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023 - 08:28

Conor Power

A 40-acre holding in one of the most alluring corners of West Cork is new to the market and looks like a ready-made opportunity for someone considering hobby farming or hill-farming.

The property is in the townland of Derryduff More in the Borlin Valley, approximately 15km north of Bantry. In an area where some of the finest scenery in Ireland abounds, the Borlin Valley is a little-known route from Bantry to Kenmare — an alternative to the much-used N71 ‘tourist route’ through Glengarriff.

The lands are in one block and elevated, though level for the most part.

“It’s a lovely hillside farm,” says the Dunmanway-based selling agent Daniel Lehane of Lehanes & Associates.

“It’s near Derryduff Bridge and in close proximity to the town of Bantry and the village of Ballylickey.

“The land here is of mixed quality… There are about three acres of good grazing at the western end of the property, while the balance is more rough grazing with some rocky outcrop.”

There aren’t any buildings or ruins on the holding, but the property, he says, should make a nice drystock farm. The price guide is €175,000 (€4,375/acre).