REVEALED: Tipperary's most expensive and cheapest property sales registered in 2023

Five houses in Tipperary fetched more than €1m in 2023, according to figures on the Property Price Register.

However, there may have been other €1m plus sales that have not yet been registered on the site, which lists all house sales in the country for the past year.

The largest sale was €2.25m obtained in April for Slevoir House in Terryglass.

The second most expensive house was Ardsallagh, Fethard, which was sold for €1.850m in November.

Two properties fetched over €1m in July, Derrymount, Derrycastle, Ballina, was sold for €1.6m, while Knockeen, Knockelly, Clonmel, went for €1.293m.

The fifth sale was listed as Unit 1, Abbey House, Abbey Street, Cahir, which went for €1.115m in June.

Several properties went for just under that magical €1m mark, with Marlfield House, Marlfield, Clonmel, selling at €902,500 in November.

Another notable property, Donnybrook House, Ballmackey, Nenagh, was sold for €740,000 in January.

Built in 1730, Donnybrook House, a protected structure, is 4,921 sq ft on two storeys over a raised basement, and with an attic level as well where there are two bedrooms, with three more bedrooms on the first floor. At entrance level are two formal reception rooms, with a kitchen and living room in the basement. It’s on just under 13 acres with lawns and walled gardens, and outbuildings.

Aghsmear House, Roscrea, a rambling Georgian pile set on 30 acres of land, went for €680,000 in February. The three-bay, two-storey former rector's home dates from the early 1800s.

In March, Ardsallagh House, Jackson’s Cross, Cherrymount, Cahir Road, went for €560,000. 

In April, the former Sacred Heart Convent in Roscrea went for €700,000. The property attracted protests when it was reported that it was to be turned into a centre for international refugee applicants.

The Ballina area remained the most consistent place for high prices, with properties around the lakeside town regularly being among the top four sales.

In January, Derrycastle Demesne, Ballina, fetched €460,000, while in March, 56 Derg Hill, Cullenagh, Ballina, went for €675,000. July saw Ard na hAbhainn go for €635,000, while , in June, a property at Grange Road went for €560,000, and another at Ryninch sold for €550,000.

Number 49 Shoreline, Ballina went for €620,000 in November, with 15 Lakeview, Cullanagh, selling at €550,0000 in the same month.

One of the most expensive properties in the Clonmel area was Greyfort House, Coleville Road, Clonmel, which fetched €610,000 in October. Lying on a 1.4-acre site of mature gardens with a wild and walled garden, this late Georgian, Ber-exempt house dates from the early 1840s and required some renovations. With four reception rooms and five bedrooms, it retains many of its period features such as hall tiling, parquet floors, fireplaces, sash windows and shutters.

December saw the four top sellers make well over €2m between them, and, once again, the highest price went for 20 Marine Village, Ballina, which sold for €665,000, followed by Ballyfinboy House, Newlawn, Ballinderry, at €660,000; Drominagh, also in Ballinderry, €627,000, and a property at Derryluskan, Fethard, €530,000.

However, if your finances didn’t stretch to paying over €500,000 for a property, there were plenty of cheaper options.

The lowest price paid for a property in Tipperary was €7,788 for an apartment / secondhand dwelling at Limerick Road, Roscrea. According to a note on the Property Price Register, it did not sell for its asking price.

Also on the lower end was the €8,543.81 paid for a property at Garrynamona, Ballycahill.

Other bargains were to be had in Cappawhite, €24,000. The same price could get you a place at The Back Green, Fethard.

Curraheen, Toomevara, went for €30,000; an apartment at 18 Westcourt, New Quay, Clonmel, sold for €40,000, and 47 Pearse Street, Carrick-on-Suir, went for €52,300.

Outside of these sales, in Tipperary, prices in the final three months of 2023 were 9% higher than 2022, compared to a rise of 6% seen a year ago.

The average price of a home is now €242,000, 13% below its Celtic Tiger peak.