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Buying or Leasing land from Coillte

  • 25-09-2008 12:40pm
    #1
    pullandbang
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    Just wondering if anyone has any experience of buying or leasing land from Coillte? I don't mean leasing the shooting rights, I mean the actual land itself be it under forestry or plain old bogland. I know they will sell blocks of land in certain circumstances but I'm wondering if any shooting ground owners out there have done it. How much per acre would it fetch or how much to lease?(PM me)

    I'm looking to set up a small clay shoot and Coillte are looking for silly money to buy the land and they've said they won't lease it to me. I've heard of a couple of shooting grounds that have leased land from them and I'm wondering where they are.

    Any help would be appreciated.


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  • #2
    bigred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭bigred


    Would some of the paintballers be in the same boat? I'd imagine most of the forest they skirmish in is Coillte land. Maybe a Q over in their forum might yield something


  • #3
    jwshooter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    bigred wrote: »
    Would some of the paintballers be in the same boat? I'd imagine most of the forest they skirmish in is Coillte land. Maybe a Q over in their forum might yield something
    there is a paintball set up near me i know they have a lease from coillte ,give the bishops mountain boys a ring as there grounds is a coillte lease .would not be like coillte to turn down money .


  • #4
    Ned Muldhoon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭Ned Muldhoon


    know of 160 acres of prime woodland 40 minutes from Dublin that might be available - ideal for paintball - I would think clay shooting would not be a runner as there is already a commercial shoot within the area.


  • #5
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    Thanks lads.

    The land is not the problem. I can buy it if I was stupid enough to pay their asking price. It's their refusal to lease saying that they don't do leases. I'm sure there are people out there who have leased. I'll ask the lads in Bishop's Mt when I'm down for the next shoot. If I can get proof that coillte will lease land long term for a project like this elsewhere, then I'll hit them with that.


  • #6
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    Thanks to all who emailed and PM'd me. It was a great help.


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  • #7
    Colin Mc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Colin Mc


    Did you find any use for that land??
    Ned Muldhoon wrote: »
    know of 160 acres of prime woodland 40 minutes from Dublin that might be available - ideal for paintball - I would think clay shooting would not be a runner as there is already a commercial shoot within the area.


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