This week saw the National Ploughing Championships take place in Screggan in Co Offaly, with the event once again celebrating Ireland’s brilliant and wonderful agricultural heritage.
Hundreds of thousands of people attend the Ploughing Championships each year to mark the brilliant work that takes place in farms across the country.
With that in mind, we decided to look at five of the best farms and farmhouses on the market right now around the country.
Check them out our list of our favourite farmhouses below…
Laheratanvally, Skibbereen, West Cork
- Type: 3 bed detached farmhouse
- Agent: Irish Rural Homes
- Asking price: €665,000
This fantastic 3 bed home was built over 20 years ago on the site of the original farmyard, with the old farmhouse remaining intact and suitable for a range of uses as part of the 0.66 acres of grounds which enjoy an exceptional setting with panoramic views across Roaring Water Bay, renowned for its 32 islands.
The Cottage, Newtown, Monasterboice, Co Louth
- Type: 3 bed detached house
- Agent: Savills Country
- Asking price: €595,000
This beautifully restored thatched farmhouse in Co Louth is over 400 years old but has been transformed into a super residence which retains many original features, with the added benefit of traditional stone outbuildings to add to its 150sqm of living space.
Derryclough Lower, Drinagh, Co Cork
- Type: 3 bed detached house
- Agent: Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill West Cork
- Asking price: €345,000
This charming restored and extended traditional farmhouse with original stone outbuildings is set on approximately one acre of land just 3km from Drinagh village, with the main house offering 114sqm of living space.
Cross East, Cross, Claremorris, Co Mayo
- Type: 4 bed detached house
- Agent: O’Toole
- Asking price: €650,000
This charming and character filled two-storey country farmhouse is set within about 18 acres of private mature grounds. Once a Royal Irish Constabulary station, it is now a 4 bed detached home which offers 124sqm of living space throughout.
Ballyrub, Ballinspittle, Co Cork
- Type: 3 bed detached house
- Agent: Bowe Property Kinsale
- Asking price: €495,000
This beautiful vernacular Irish farmhouse in Cork has been flawlessly updated and extended to now offer 105sqm of living space on a 0.3 acre site in a most scenic location with two beaches a mere 4km away.
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