Farm conveyancing is not house conveyancing with bigger maps. Agricultural land carries its own legal furniture: rights of way and turbary, wells and wayleaves, entitlements, conacre lettings, commonage shares, unregistered parcels and boundaries that follow ditches rather than title maps. We act for farmers buying and selling land across Ireland — at auction, by private treaty and within families.
Buying Agricultural Land
The critical work happens before you bid. We investigate title and report to you on: the folio and map against the ground, access and frontage, burdens and rights affecting the land, occupation by third parties, entitlements, and any planning or environmental designations that affect use. At auction, contracts are unconditional on the fall of the hammer — the pre-auction title review is not optional. See our legal due diligence checklist for buying farm land.
Selling Farm Land
A well-prepared sale closes faster and holds its price. Before the land goes to market we assemble title, fix mapping and registration problems, deal with rights of way and consents, and settle how entitlements, growing crops and any lettings are handled in the contract. Probate sales and sales by families after an inheritance have extra steps — we handle those routinely through our probate practice. For the process end to end, read selling farm land in Ireland: legal process and timeline.
Family Transfers and Sites
Many farm conveyances are within the family: a site to a son or daughter, consolidation between siblings, or the main transfer itself. These carry their own requirements — family consents, reserved rights and relief conditions your accountant will advise on — and connect directly to succession planning.
Buying or Selling Land This Year?
Get the title reviewed before you commit. Call Richard O'Shea before auction day, not after it.
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