Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Blarney’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 66% against +129%
Homes in Blarney sell for a median €365,000. That is the middle of 133 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 66% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Blarney’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Blarney were second-hand
133 market sales in three years: 2 new homes and 131 second-hand.
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €378K 40 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +28%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 2 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 133 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €270K–€475K
- Last 12 months
- €395K 43 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
2% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Blarney’s homes sold for between €270K and €475K
One sale in ten was under €220K and one in ten over €600K. 20% sold for under €250K and 23% for €500K or more.
The median, €365,000, sits in the €300–400K band
133 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 66% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €192,000 in 2011 to €377,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
Fewer homes sell than in most years
40 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 89, and the quietest 2010, with 18.
Blarney costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Cork’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | — | €227K | €332K | €378K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €208K | €281K | €378K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
Hardly any new homes: 2% of the homes sold in Blarney in three years
2 new homes and 131 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 64% in 2020.
Only 2 new homes sold in three years
Against 131 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Blarney.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 2 new and 131 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Station Road is Blarney’s busiest street or estate, with 11 sales in three years
4 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Station Road | 11 | €425,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Cluain Ard | 6 | €474,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Monacnappa | 5 | €270,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Waterloo Road | 5 | €272,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Blarney is the 27th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Blarney is in the middle of County Cork’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Cork, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Cheaper nearby: Hollyhill and Ballincolly, Knocknaheeny and Shanakiel.
The towns around Blarney: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blarney | €365K | 133 | +66% | |
| Tower | €390K | 72 | – | 3.1 |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | €308K | 20 | – | 4.9 |
| Knocknaheeny | €308K | 10 | – | 5.5 |
| Shanakiel | €315K | 30 | – | 5.6 |
| Fair Hill | €308K | 17 | – | 5.8 |
| Ballincollig | €370K | 446 | +85% | 6.2 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Blarney
What is the average house price in Blarney?
The median home in Blarney sold for €365,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 133 market sales on the Property Price Register (€395,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Blarney?
The median sale was €361,000 in 2024 and €377,500 in 2025: it went up 5%.
How many homes sell in Blarney each year?
40 sales in Blarney were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 66 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Blarney expensive for County Cork?
Blarney is the 25th most expensive of 54 towns of 2,500 or more in County Cork by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).