Cork and Kerry buyers spent €86.7m on agricultural land last year
The West Region saw the highest volume of land sold at the most affordable price in 2025.
Purchasers in the South-West region (Cork and Kerry) spent €86.7m on agricultural land, more than in any other region.
Contrastingly, €10.4m was spent in the Dublin region, and €65.0m in the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) region. The total value of sales amounted to €561.8m, a decrease of 1.9% from the €572.7m recorded in 2024.
Arable land accounted for €47.8m (8.5%), while €514.0m (91.5%) was spent on purchases of permanent grassland.
Last year, 56,613 acres of agricultural land were sold nationally, according to the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports.
The ‘Agricultural Land Prices 2025’ report found that the total agricultural land sold in 2025 decreased by 8.7% from the 62,035 acres sold in 2024. The report excludes any data on land sold with a dwelling attached, commonage land and inheritance transfers.
The average size of acreage sold was 17 acres. Of the total agricultural land sold, 4.7% (2,672 acres) was arable land, which was sold on average at €16,942/acre.
The remaining 53,942 acres (95.3%) of agricultural land were permanent grassland, sold at a median price of €9,959.
Commenting on the release, Samantha Walsh, statistician in the Prices Division, said: “Purchasers in Dublin and the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) regions paid the highest median price per acre of €24,695 and €15,828, respectively.”
The land was most affordable in the West (Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon) region, where the median price was €7,374 per acre. The volume of sales was also the highest in this region, where 12,888 acres of agricultural land changed hands.
Contrastingly, the Dublin area only sold 441 acres and the region with the lowest volume of land sold was the Mid-East, comprising counties Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow, which only had 5,155 acres sold.
