Trends · 21 September 2026 · data to 2026-09-20

Five years of house prices: the towns that doubled since 2021

Every town page on Addris carries a price-history table: the median sold price for each calendar year. Put 2021 beside 2026 so far for the 218 towns with at least 30 sales in each, and 2 towns have at least doubled, 17 are up three-quarters or more and 58 up by half. The typical change is +37.2%; Ireland as a whole went from €262,000 to €375,000, +43.1%, and 79 towns beat that. Athy, Co. Kildare leads: €165,000 in 2021, €351,542 this year, +113.1%.

Towns compared
218
30+ sales in 2021 and 2026
At least doubled
2
Up 75% or more
17
Up 50% or more
58
Ireland, 2021 → 2026
+43.1%
€262,000 → €375,000

The 30 towns where prices rose most since 2021

#PlaceCountyMedian, 2021Median, 2026ChangeSales, 2021 · 2026
1Athy TownKildare€165,000€351,542+113.1%123 · 171
2Thomastown TownKilkenny€172,500€352,423+104.3%56 · 34
3Bundoran TownDonegal€113,000€220,500+95.1%90 · 36
4Cashel TownTipperary€155,000€300,000+93.5%83 · 44
5Listowel TownKerry€146,000€280,000+91.8%44 · 31
6Letterkenny TownDonegal€129,000€247,000+91.5%254 · 200
7Carrick On Shannon TownLeitrim€114,000€217,500+90.8%117 · 50
8Tuam TownGalway€155,000€290,000+87.1%198 · 59
9Carrick On Suir TownTipperary€131,750€244,000+85.2%68 · 60
10Ballinasloe TownGalway€150,000€275,000+83.3%85 · 35
11Castlebar TownMayo€159,000€285,000+79.2%231 · 103
12Carrickmacross TownMonaghan€167,500€299,780+79.0%83 · 54
13Tralee TownKerry€160,000€285,000+78.1%327 · 135
14Portarlington TownLaois€172,000€306,000+77.9%125 · 107
15Blackpool SuburbCork€180,000€320,000+77.8%116 · 105
16Donegal Town TownDonegal€147,093€260,500+77.1%40 · 30
17Stranorlar TownDonegal€121,000€212,500+75.6%69 · 36
18Shannon TownClare€149,000€260,000+74.5%95 · 78
19Ballyvolane SuburbCork€225,000€392,070+74.3%42 · 115
20Athenry TownGalway€242,000€418,500+72.9%81 · 64
21Charleville TownCork€145,000€250,000+72.4%53 · 30
22New Ross TownWexford€131,750€226,200+71.7%128 · 89
23Portlaoise TownLaois€199,000€341,205+71.5%456 · 270
24Tullow TownCarlow€155,000€265,000+71.0%59 · 34
25Youghal TownCork€176,000€300,000+70.5%117 · 90
26Roscrea TownTipperary€139,500€237,500+70.3%72 · 39
27Ardee TownLouth€210,572€357,819+69.9%58 · 54
28Kells TownMeath€210,727€349,009+65.6%74 · 66
29Ardamine TownWexford€170,000€281,500+65.6%87 · 69
30Callan TownKilkenny€192,400€317,181+64.9%44 · 41

The 15 slowest

PlaceCountyMedian, 2021Median, 2026Change
KillineyDublin€788,546€513,750-34.8%
SandycoveDublin€929,681€725,000-22.0%
DalkeyDublin€895,000€702,500-21.5%
ShankillDublin€538,750€453,501-15.8%
MonkstownDublin€672,500€585,000-13.0%
GlenagearyDublin€785,000€690,500-12.0%
BooterstownDublin€541,520€495,000-8.6%
BallsbridgeDublin€880,000€816,202-7.2%
Mount MerrionDublin€620,000€582,298-6.1%
StillorganDublin€550,000€540,000-1.8%
Dun LaoghaireDublin€618,144€612,500-0.9%
DonnybrookDublin€750,000€753,000+0.4%
SandymountDublin€810,000€816,514+0.8%
BlackrockDublin€658,694€682,500+3.6%
MilltownDublin€727,500€759,000+4.3%

2026 is the year to date — the register is still filling in this year's sales, so the 2026 medians are provisional and every town page says so.

What the pattern says

The steepest rises are almost all outside Dublin, and almost all in towns that started cheap: a move from €165,000 to €351,542 is a doubling, but the same money would not have bought a Dublin apartment in either year. The slowest movers are the reverse — places that were already expensive in 2021, where the same percentage would be hundreds of thousands. Read the two tables together with the most-expensive and cheapest lists and the shape is a catch-up: the gap between the dear places and the cheap ones has narrowed, not closed.

New estates do a lot of the work in the fastest-rising towns. Where the sales count in the last column jumped between the two years, a scheme completed, and its homes — new, larger, VAT-excluded in the register — set the median. The town page's planning list shows what is still coming.

Every town

All 218 places, biggest rise first
#PlaceCountyMedian, 2021Median, 2026Change
1AthyKildare€165,000€351,542+113.1%
2ThomastownKilkenny€172,500€352,423+104.3%
3BundoranDonegal€113,000€220,500+95.1%
4CashelTipperary€155,000€300,000+93.5%
5ListowelKerry€146,000€280,000+91.8%
6LetterkennyDonegal€129,000€247,000+91.5%
7Carrick On ShannonLeitrim€114,000€217,500+90.8%
8TuamGalway€155,000€290,000+87.1%
9Carrick On SuirTipperary€131,750€244,000+85.2%
10BallinasloeGalway€150,000€275,000+83.3%
11CastlebarMayo€159,000€285,000+79.2%
12CarrickmacrossMonaghan€167,500€299,780+79.0%
13TraleeKerry€160,000€285,000+78.1%
14PortarlingtonLaois€172,000€306,000+77.9%
15BlackpoolCork€180,000€320,000+77.8%
16Donegal TownDonegal€147,093€260,500+77.1%
17StranorlarDonegal€121,000€212,500+75.6%
18ShannonClare€149,000€260,000+74.5%
19BallyvolaneCork€225,000€392,070+74.3%
20AthenryGalway€242,000€418,500+72.9%
21CharlevilleCork€145,000€250,000+72.4%
22New RossWexford€131,750€226,200+71.7%
23PortlaoiseLaois€199,000€341,205+71.5%
24TullowCarlow€155,000€265,000+71.0%
25YoughalCork€176,000€300,000+70.5%
26RoscreaTipperary€139,500€237,500+70.3%
27ArdeeLouth€210,572€357,819+69.9%
28KellsMeath€210,727€349,009+65.6%
29ArdamineWexford€170,000€281,500+65.6%
30CallanKilkenny€192,400€317,181+64.9%
31AthloneWestmeath€190,000€312,775+64.6%
32ThurlesTipperary€160,000€262,612+64.1%
33MallowCork€205,000€335,000+63.4%
34EnniscorthyWexford€173,000€281,938+63.0%
35EnnisClare€207,600€337,445+62.5%
36Kildare TownKildare€254,626€413,549+62.4%
37BantryCork€176,000€285,000+61.9%
38AnnacottyLimerick€263,436€422,908+60.5%
39LoughreaGalway€209,000€333,500+59.6%
40ClonmelTipperary€180,000€287,000+59.4%
41MullingarWestmeath€212,500€337,350+58.8%
42SalthillGalway€315,000€500,000+58.7%
43Newcastle WestLimerick€160,000€253,000+58.1%
44ArklowWicklow€213,500€337,000+57.8%
45VirginiaCavan€220,264€345,000+56.6%
46BuncranaDonegal€140,485€219,500+56.2%
47FairviewDublin€268,000€418,502+56.2%
48DoughiskaGalway€225,000€350,000+55.6%
49RathdrumWicklow€242,290€375,000+54.8%
50Carlow TownCarlow€200,000€309,185+54.6%
51MungretLimerick€274,229€422,000+53.9%
52ClaneKildare€263,436€405,000+53.7%
53CobhCork€220,000€332,989+51.4%
54DroghedaLouth€233,480€352,423+50.9%
55ClaremorrisMayo€172,500€260,000+50.7%
56NenaghTipperary€186,421€280,969+50.7%
57RahenyDublin€319,192€480,619+50.6%
58DunboyneMeath€345,815€519,823+50.3%
59TyrrelstownDublin€267,000€400,000+49.8%
60BandonCork€230,000€343,612+49.4%
61BallinaMayo€140,000€208,750+49.1%
62RathgarDublin€637,500€950,000+49.0%
63AdamstownDublin€323,000€480,176+48.7%
64NavanMeath€256,000€378,000+47.7%
65TullamoreOffaly€205,000€302,000+47.3%
66NewtownmountkennedyWicklow€320,000€471,366+47.3%
67TallaghtDublin€265,500€390,000+46.9%
68DungarvanWaterford€211,454€309,000+46.1%
69AbbeysideWaterford€222,000€324,250+46.1%
70EdenderryOffaly€190,000€276,475+45.5%
71BallincolligCork€300,000€436,123+45.4%
72EnfieldMeath€286,344€416,000+45.3%
73KilcockKildare€303,965€440,529+44.9%
74GoreyWexford€234,500€339,207+44.7%
75DouglasCork€305,000€440,530+44.4%
76Dublin 22Dublin€305,000€440,000+44.3%
77NaasKildare€312,338€450,000+44.1%
78RaheenLimerick€260,000€372,500+43.3%
79KillarneyKerry€253,250€362,500+43.1%
80KillesterDublin€497,000€710,500+43.0%
81Passage WestCork€260,000€371,000+42.7%
82GlasnevinDublin€420,000€599,000+42.6%
83MidletonCork€268,722€383,000+42.5%
84RoscamGalway€293,000€417,500+42.5%
85BlessingtonWicklow€275,500€392,500+42.5%
86BlackrockCork€301,000€428,359+42.3%
87RenmoreGalway€312,500€443,000+41.8%
88TerenureDublin€660,000€935,000+41.7%
89NewbridgeKildare€286,343€405,286+41.5%
90Dublin 11Dublin€280,500€396,330+41.3%
91Lusk VillageDublin€312,775€440,485+40.8%
92ChurchtownDublin€600,000€840,000+40.0%
93PhibsboroughDublin€382,500€535,000+39.9%
94GlanmireCork€295,153€412,643+39.8%
95CarrigtwohillCork€261,500€365,320+39.7%
96MorningtonMeath€265,000€370,000+39.6%
97ClontarfDublin€594,857€830,000+39.5%
98AshbourneMeath€310,000€432,087+39.4%
99KenmareKerry€228,000€317,500+39.3%
100FinglasDublin€295,000€410,450+39.1%
101ArtaneDublin€398,000€552,500+38.8%
102DunshaughlinMeath€317,000€439,648+38.7%
103ClonburrisDublin€260,000€360,000+38.5%
104WestportMayo€233,000€322,500+38.4%
105BalbrigganDublin€236,000€326,000+38.1%
106NewcastleGalway€290,000€400,000+37.9%
107FoxrockDublin€770,463€1,062,500+37.9%
108CoolockDublin€345,000€475,000+37.7%
109Dublin 24Dublin€305,000€418,500+37.2%
110NewcastleDublin€321,155€440,529+37.2%
111WalkinstownDublin€351,250€480,000+36.7%
112KinsealyDublin€310,500€424,250+36.6%
113RushDublin€322,500€440,314+36.5%
114DundalkLouth€224,669€306,167+36.3%
115Dunmore EastWaterford€257,000€348,018+35.4%
116Dublin 10Dublin€267,000€361,500+35.4%
117CarrigalineCork€300,000€405,285+35.1%
118RathfarnhamDublin€520,000€701,000+34.8%
119FirhouseDublin€380,000€510,007+34.2%
120KnocknacarraGalway€328,500€440,485+34.1%
121FermoyCork€192,500€256,000+33.0%
122CabraDublin€339,000€450,510+32.9%
123Dublin 13Dublin€400,881€530,000+32.2%
124BallyfermotDublin€270,000€355,500+31.7%
125KilmainhamDublin€332,000€437,100+31.7%
126RanelaghDublin€555,000€730,000+31.5%
127SwordsDublin€327,000€430,041+31.5%
128Dublin 20Dublin€350,000€460,000+31.4%
129RatoathMeath€350,000€460,000+31.4%
130TrimMeath€285,000€374,449+31.4%
131BlanchardstownDublin€418,750€550,000+31.3%
132Finglas WestDublin€250,000€328,290+31.3%
133Dublin 12Dublin€370,000€485,000+31.1%
134Dublin 15Dublin€326,000€427,313+31.1%
135KilcullenKildare€291,000€381,000+30.9%
136DonabateDublin€367,819€480,176+30.5%
137Dublin 7Dublin€355,000€463,004+30.4%
138ClonsillaDublin€348,018€453,744+30.4%
139Dublin 5Dublin€388,000€505,000+30.2%
140CarrickminesDublin€484,582€630,000+30.0%
141CrumlinDublin€450,000€585,000+30.0%
142StoneybatterDublin€320,000€416,000+30.0%
143BallinaTipperary€258,000€335,000+29.8%
144CastleknockDublin€455,000€590,500+29.8%
145BrayWicklow€390,000€505,000+29.5%
146Dublin 3Dublin€415,000€536,000+29.2%
147OranmoreGalway€330,000€425,792+29.0%
148BallinteerDublin€490,000€631,550+28.9%
149BishopstownCork€301,000€386,000+28.2%
150Dublin 17Dublin€295,500€378,855+28.2%
151Dublin 8Dublin€320,000€410,000+28.1%
152LucanDublin€360,000€460,000+27.8%
153GreystonesWicklow€444,934€568,282+27.7%
154RahoonGalway€306,253€389,908+27.3%
155BallycullenDublin€408,500€520,000+27.3%
156SallinsKildare€302,500€385,000+27.3%
157DonaghmedeDublin€350,000€445,000+27.1%
158Dublin 6WDublin€472,000€600,000+27.1%
159RialtoDublin€333,000€423,000+27.0%
160ClongriffinDublin€346,098€438,111+26.6%
161TramoreWaterford€241,145€305,000+26.5%
162MaynoothKildare€369,822€466,960+26.3%
163CelbridgeKildare€348,018€439,202+26.2%
164ClondalkinDublin€260,000€327,500+26.0%
165InchicoreDublin€316,000€397,500+25.8%
166BaldoyleDublin€383,259€481,500+25.6%
167KinsaleCork€337,500€423,850+25.6%
168Dublin 14Dublin€603,524€757,500+25.5%
169RathcooleDublin€400,000€501,322+25.3%
170Harolds CrossDublin€475,000€595,000+25.3%
171KimmageDublin€590,000€736,000+24.7%
172East WallDublin€337,000€420,000+24.6%
173ClonakiltyCork€266,255€331,250+24.4%
174BalgriffinDublin€356,828€441,000+23.6%
175PortmarnockDublin€522,115€642,000+23.0%
176WiltonCork€324,750€398,238+22.6%
177Dublin 9Dublin€405,000€495,000+22.2%
178CabinteelyDublin€589,670€720,000+22.1%
179TempleogueDublin€603,000€736,000+22.1%
180AshtownDublin€384,000€465,980+21.3%
181CherrywoodDublin€381,500€462,170+21.1%
182RingsendDublin€450,000€542,500+20.6%
183LeixlipKildare€375,000€451,872+20.5%
184Wicklow TownWicklow€360,617€433,359+20.2%
185Dublin 6Dublin€595,000€715,000+20.2%
186StraffanKildare€428,826€515,000+20.1%
187KnocklyonDublin€515,000€617,963+20.0%
188BeaumontDublin€412,000€492,500+19.5%
189RochestownCork€360,000€425,000+18.1%
190Dublin 18Dublin€528,193€620,000+17.4%
191MarinoDublin€446,250€523,500+17.3%
192Dublin 16Dublin€520,000€610,000+17.3%
193SkerriesDublin€416,500€488,125+17.2%
194DooradoyleLimerick€225,000€260,000+15.6%
195WhitehallDublin€425,638€491,250+15.4%
196DrumcondraDublin€460,000€525,000+14.1%
197RathminesDublin€612,500€696,500+13.7%
198DundrumDublin€575,000€650,000+13.0%
199MalahideDublin€607,929€685,000+12.7%
200Dublin 4Dublin€655,000€712,828+8.8%
201ClonskeaghDublin€618,000€663,300+7.3%
202HoneyparkDublin€581,749€608,000+4.5%
203LeopardstownDublin€690,000€720,550+4.4%
204MilltownDublin€727,500€759,000+4.3%
205BlackrockDublin€658,694€682,500+3.6%
206SandymountDublin€810,000€816,514+0.8%
207DonnybrookDublin€750,000€753,000+0.4%
208Dun LaoghaireDublin€618,144€612,500-0.9%
209StillorganDublin€550,000€540,000-1.8%
210Mount MerrionDublin€620,000€582,298-6.1%
211BallsbridgeDublin€880,000€816,202-7.2%
212BooterstownDublin€541,520€495,000-8.6%
213GlenagearyDublin€785,000€690,500-12.0%
214MonkstownDublin€672,500€585,000-13.0%
215ShankillDublin€538,750€453,501-15.8%
216DalkeyDublin€895,000€702,500-21.5%
217SandycoveDublin€929,681€725,000-22.0%
218KillineyDublin€788,546€513,750-34.8%

Method and sources

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