SOME 114 acres of non-residential farm land at Rosetown and Greenhills, Athgarven, Co Kildare went on to sell for almost €13,700/acre to a local couple at a public auction in Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas last week.

Featured in these pages last month, the farm is located just off the main Athgarven/Two Mile House road, some 6km from Kilcullen and is bounded on one side with the 750-acre Castlemartin Stud. Approached by a hedge lined avenue and surrounded by mature hedging, Rosetown came to the market with 900 metres of frontage to the River Liffey, a farmyard and 114 acres of some of the best grazing land.