Farm Solicitor Ireland

Legal advice for farming families: farm transfers, succession planning, wills and probate, land sales, leases, partnerships and disputes.

Richard O’Shea TEP, Solicitor — Mary Molloy Solicitors, established 1981. Dublin & Kilkenny offices, clients nationwide.

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45+
Years Experience
Established 1981
2
Office Locations
Dublin & Kilkenny
TEP
STEP Qualified
Trust & Estate Practitioner
1000s
Clients Served
Across Ireland

How We Help Farming Families

The farm is usually a family’s largest asset, its business and its home all at once. Every service below is built around keeping the holding intact and passing it on well.

Farm Transfer & Succession Planning

Lifetime transfers of the family farm, deeds of transfer, rights of residence and succession structuring led by a STEP-qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner.

Farm Wills & Probate

Wills built around the farm, intestacy on farming estates, Section 117 claims and the administration of agricultural estates.

Land Sales & Purchases

Agricultural conveyancing: folio and boundary checks, rights of way, entitlements, wayleaves and completion of farm sales and purchases.

Farm Transfer Reliefs

General information on agricultural relief, retirement relief and stamp duty reliefs - and the legal documents we prepare to implement your plan alongside your accountant.

Land Leasing & Conacre

Long-term land leases, conacre arrangements and formalising informal lettings so that succession plans are not undermined.

Farm Partnerships

Registered farm partnerships and succession partnerships: partnership agreements, land licences and dissolution.

Agricultural Land Disputes

Boundary disputes, rights of way, adverse possession and disputes between neighbouring landowners and within farming families.

Divorce & the Family Farm

Protecting the farm through separation and divorce: proper provision, inherited land and keeping the holding intact.

Fair Deal & the Family Farm

The Nursing Homes Support Scheme, the 3-year cap on family farms and the family successor commitment.

Solar & Wind Farm Leases

Option agreements and leases for solar and wind projects on farmland - what to check before you sign.

Succession Planning Led by a Trust and Estate Practitioner

Passing on a farm is not a single document. It is a co-ordinated set of legal steps: a deed of transfer or a carefully drafted will, formalised leases or partnership agreements in the years beforehand, rights of residence or support for the older generation, and folio work in the Land Registry (Tailte Éireann). Richard O’Shea is a solicitor and STEP-qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) — the international qualification for practitioners specialising in family succession and estate work — and structures the legal side of the handover while your accountant advises on the tax side.

Start with our free Farm Succession Planner, which turns your situation into a personalised checklist of the legal steps and documents involved, or read about farm transfer and succession planning.

Farm Solicitors By County

We act for farming families nationwide from our Dublin and Kilkenny offices.

DublinKilkennyKildareMeathWicklowWexfordCarlowTipperaryLaoisCork

Farm Law - Frequently Asked Questions

A farm solicitor handles the legal side of farming life: transferring the farm to the next generation, drafting wills and administering farming estates, buying and selling agricultural land, formalising leases and partnerships, and resolving land disputes such as boundaries, rights of way and adverse possession. At Mary Molloy Solicitors this work is led by Richard O'Shea, a solicitor and STEP-qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner.

Talk to a Farm Solicitor Today

Whether you are planning a transfer, making a will, signing a lease or dealing with a dispute, an early conversation costs little and prevents a lot.

Call 01 5827148