Deals done despite dearth of money

Property editor Tommy Barker rounds up some of Munster’s, and the country’s biggest house movers in 2010.

LEVELS of deals were done, prices stayed down, but property did shift in the generally moribund year that was 2010.

Around 50 Dublin houses sold for €1 million-plus (see separate report) and over a dozen made over €2m. Top sale nationwide was Newberry Hall demesne in Co Kildare, a Palladian mansion on 444 acres, sold to a young neighbouring farmer for €7.5m, while Kilkenny’s Kilmurry House at Thomastown made about €2.5m, via Knight Frank.