Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Dunmanway sell for a median €200,000, 43% below the typical Irish town
Homes in Dunmanway sell for a median €200,000. That is the middle of 114 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 82% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dunmanway’s cost of living page.
96% of the homes sold in Dunmanway were second-hand
114 market sales in three years: 5 new homes and 109 second-hand.
median sale · 109 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €195K 38 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- −2.5%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 5 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 114 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €140K–€313K
- Last 12 months
- €224K 38 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
4% 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 Dunmanway’s homes sold for between €140K and €313K
One sale in ten was under €86K and one in ten over €420K. 54% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €200,000, sits in the €200–250K band
114 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 82% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €121,500 in 2014 to €208,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
41 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2016, with 50, and the quietest 2010, with 17.
Dunmanway costs less than the typical Irish town
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 | — | €114K | €130K | €208K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €95K | €125K | €195K |
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.
4% of the homes sold in Dunmanway in three years were new
5 new homes and 109 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
7% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 33% in 2013.
Only 5 new homes sold in three years
Against 109 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Dunmanway.
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: 5 new and 109 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Chapel Street is Dunmanway’s busiest street or estate, with 8 sales in three years
5 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapel Street | 8 | €148,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Bantry Road | 6 | €297,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Kilbarry Road | 5 | €280,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Lisbealad | 5 | €232,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Main Street | 5 | €145,000 | 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.
Dunmanway is the 65th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Dunmanway is one of County Cork’s cheapest 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.
Dunmanway’s neighbours
The towns around Dunmanway: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmanway | €200K | 114 | +82% | |
| Clonakilty | €360K | 390 | +131% | 19 |
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 Dunmanway
What is the average house price in Dunmanway?
The median home in Dunmanway sold for €200,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 114 market sales on the Property Price Register (€223,800 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Dunmanway?
The median sale was €189,000 in 2024 and €208,000 in 2025: it went up 10%.
How many homes sell in Dunmanway each year?
41 sales in Dunmanway were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 39 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
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).