Trading up: Ennis, Co Clare, €600,000

Sq m: 280 (3,000 sq ft)

There’s old world class to the Ennis private residence and grounds called Woodlands, at the Clare town’s Mill Road by the River Fergus: it’s even recalled that at one time the salmon in the river alongside were so abundant, their jumping kept the house’s residents awake at night!

Those fishing glory days are gone, but the house here with local history can easily be brought back to former glories, says estate agent Diarmuid McMahon of Sherry FitzGerald McMahon who guides at €600,000.