Thinking big: Bumper New Year in Country Homes sales may be  on cards given deals already  in train

Brexit, like a stone in the shoe or an inexplicably long hangover, loomed large in 2020, but deals persisted nonetheless

As exclusively reported in the Irish Examiner in summer,  Horse Island in West Cork's Roaringwater Bay sold for €5.5m to an overseas buyer who bought it 'sight unseen' due to Covid-19 travel restrictions

2020 was a year like no other. The global pandemic brought a level of disruption not witnessed since the last World War with lock-downs and travel restrictions of some sort in force for most of the year.

With the human cost along with the massive damage to employment and the economy, it is hugely surprising that all sectors of the property market have proved so resilient with the country market finishing the year on a high.