Irish country house sales at highest level in H1 2023 since 2010, says Savills report

Average value across 69 prime or country house sales in first half of 2023 was €1.5m, with Cork's Sprayfield fetching c €4.5m.  Cork Harbour's Cuskinny Estate has made c €2m, with the  main farm land remaining at €1.5m, plus a third lot at €500k

Sprayfield near Sandycove,  Kinsale was one of the year's biggest prime country house sales of 2023 via agent Michael O'Donovan of Savills, Cork.

A RECENT record of €105m in prime Irish country house sales for the first half of this year is reported by agents Savills, which noted 69% of purchasers of high-end homes bought for cash, and 31% came from overseas, most notably the UK and the US.

Sprayfield made c €4.5m to a US billionaire buyer, James Berwin