Former Limerick garda station up for auction this month could be a 'steal'

A FORMER fever hospital turned garda station in county Limerick is set for another lease of life as it is being sold at public auction this month.

Kilfinane garda station was closed in 2013 when a number of stations locally and nationally were shut as part of Government cuts following the financial crash.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has instructed Rooney Auctioneers to sell the detached two-storey property on a three quarters of an acre site on Barrack Street. 

The auction takes place in Rooney Auctioneers on O’Connell Street in Limerick city at 12pm on Thursday, May 29 and online through the LSL platform. 

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There is an advised minimum value of €200,000 for the five-bedroom, three bathroom property encompassing 308 square metres.

Sinead McMullen, senior residential and new homes negotiator with Rooney Auctioneers, said they are expecting a high level of interest in this auction at the end of the month. 

“We had a great turn out last year when we auctioned the former garda station in Broadford, County Clare. This former garda station and residence in Kilfinane is of great historical significance and sure to appeal to a wide range of buyers. 

“We expect strong local interest,” said Ms McMullen.

The stone building is understood to have been constructed in the 1830s and is recorded as a protected structure.

It was built as a fever hospital to respond to the cholera epidemics in the 1830s. Many of these fever hospitals were converted to workhouses but Kilfinane hospital was converted to a constabulary barracks and later a garda station following the end of British rule. 

For more information on the former Kilfinane garda station  please contact Rooney Auctioneers.