Wicklow Farm Solicitor

Wicklow farming runs from sheep on the high commonage of the Garden County\u2019s uplands to strong lowland farms along the east coast and west into the Glen of Imaal. Its legal signature is distinctive: commonage shares, designated land and forestry sit inside successions here in a way few other counties see.

Farming in County Wicklow

The Wicklow uplands carry one of Ireland’s defining hill-sheep systems - flocks hefted to open mountain grazed as commonage, with shares held across folios and generations from Glenmalure to the Sally Gap. Below the hills, the county farms well: dairy and beef through west Wicklow around Baltinglass and Donard, tillage and mixed farms along the coastal strip from Kilcoole to Arklow, and forestry threaded through everything.

Commonage is the legal thread that makes Wicklow work different. Shares in commonage must be identified, valued and expressly dealt with in transfers, wills and sales - they are routinely forgotten in short-form documents, stranding grazing rights the farm depends on. Much of the upland is designated (SAC/SPA), which constrains works and shapes scheme participation; and forestry parcels, once planted, carry their own long-term legal character within a succession.

Add east-coast land values under Dublin commuter pressure from Bray to Wicklow town, and Garden County successions reward a solicitor who has seen every one of these elements before.

📍 Serving the Garden County

The N11/M11 puts east Wicklow within easy reach of our Dublin office, and west Wicklow connects via the N81. Hill-farm matters are largely handled by phone and post around lambing and gathering.

Farm Law Services for Wicklow Farming Families

  • Transfers and wills dealing expressly with commonage shares and hill grazing rights
  • Succession planning for holdings combining enclosed land, commonage and forestry
  • Sales and purchases involving designated (SAC/SPA) upland
  • Boundary and grazing disputes on hill and commonage boundaries
  • Leases and conacre for lowland and coastal-strip farms

Start with our free Farm Succession Planner, or explore the areas below:

Contact Us

Richard O’Shea TEP, Solicitor advises farming families in Wicklow from our Dublin and Kilkenny offices, with much of the work handled by phone, email and post around the working farm day.

Phone: 01 5827148
Email: richardoshea@marymolloysolicitors.com
Dublin: The Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7, D07 EE37
Kilkenny: 2 Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny, R95 W58D

Wicklow Farm Law Advice

Talk to a solicitor who understands farming families. Call Mary Molloy Solicitors today.

Call 01 5827148