A large family home at 24 Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, has been sold in private negotiations for a price believed to be in excess of £4.5 million - easily a record for the road.

The semi-detached house was owned by a retired medical consultant, Donal O'Brien and his wife, Olive, for over two decades. It has a floor area of 3,800 sq ft, including five-bedrooms and four reception rooms. The house next door was sold two years ago for £3.75 million but has since has been demolished and is currently being replaced by a large detached house. John Finnegan of Finnegan Menton acted for the purchaser and Peter Kieran of Lisney advised the vendors.

Elsewhere on Ailesbury Road Pembroke McDonnell is quoting £1.1 million for Riversdale House, St Anns, a detached period house within the St Anns apartment scheme, following its withdrawal from auction.

Nearby, a corner site with planning for three apartments at 3 & 3a Ailesbury Grove was sold after auction for over £1.1 million by Hamilton Osborne King and Hassett & Fitzsimons.

Elsewhere in Ballsbridge, Lisney secured over £2.5 million after auction for The Moorings, a seven-bedroom Tudor-style house on 0.3 acres at 59 Merrion Road. Nearby, 166 Merrion Road, a six-bedroom semi-detached house, fetched £1.5 million through Sherry FitzGerald. A five-bedroom period house at 54 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, was sold at auction for £1.65 million through Gunne Residential.

At 40 Waterloo Road, a terraced house in eight units was withdrawn at £700,000 and is under negotiation through Hamilton Osborne King.

Also in Ballsbridge, a three-bedroom cottage, 5 Estate Cottages, on Shelbourne Road, was withdrawn at £300,000 by Gunne Residential, now quoting £350,000.

On Raglan Lane, Ayot Mews, an extended and refurbished mews house, was sold at auction for a strong price of £1.56 million through Lisney.

A mews house at 13a Wellington Lane was sold at a Lisney auction for £700,000.

Still in Ballsbridge, 7 Lansdowne Square, a three-bed townhouse, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £400,000.

In Donnybrook, 11 Greenfield Crescent, a four-bedroom bungalow on 0.33 acres, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking £975,000.

In Sandymount, a three-bed semi-detached house at 57 Wilfield Road fetched £400,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

A two-bedroom mid-terrace house at 31 Hastings Street, Ringsend, fetched £186,000 through Lisney. A three-bedroom terraced house at 31 Upper Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2, fetched £408,000 through North & Co.

The same agent sold 11 Lower Grand Canal Street, a two-bedroom terraced house, for £203,000.

South Dublin

In Dalkey, Sherry FitzGerald sold Ardan, a modern house on 1.5 acres on Vico Road, after auction yesterday for a price believed to be about £2.5 million. It was withdrawn at £1.9 million.

A five-bed dormer bungalow at 126 Avondale Road, Killiney, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, now quoting £335,000.

A four-bedroom bungalow at 7 Anglesea Park, Killiney Road, was withdrawn at £440,000 by Daphne L. Kaye & Associates, now quoting £485,000.

Also in Killiney, Stone Cottage, a four-bedroom detached house on Killiney Avenue, was withdrawn by Daphne L. Kaye & Associates, which is seeking £730,000.

In Dalkey, 3 Saval Park Crescent, a five-bed detached house, made £470,000 through Lisney.

Granite Cottage, a two-bedroom cottage on Ulverton Road, Dalkey, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking £300,000.

On Dalkey Avenue, Nirvana, a four-bed detached house, was withdrawn by Douglas Newman Good.

Still in Dalkey, 7 The Paddocks, on Ulverton Road, a fourbed detached house, was withdrawn by Douglas Newman Good.

In Sandycove, three/four-bedroom terraced house, Springfield, on Burdett Avenue, was sold at auction for £530,000 by Tom O'Higgins.

A four-bedroom period house at 3 Royal Terrace East, Dun Laoghaire, made £365,000 at a Lisney auction.

Still in Dun Laoghaire, Lisadell, a semi-detached house with nine rooms on Corrig Avenue, was withdrawn and sold later by Gunne Residential. In Blackrock, Douglas Newman Good secured £560,000 at auction for 39 Seapoint Avenue, a five-bed bungalow.

A three-bed semi at 7 Temple Hill a was withdrawn by Lisney, which is seeking £337,500.

A five-bedroom detached house, Tatton, on Newtownpark Avenue, was withdrawn by Hamilton Osborne King, which is seeking £850,000.

Still in Blackrock, Gunne Residential is quoting £300,000 for 13 Springhill Avenue, a four/fivebedroom semi-detached house.

In Booterstown, 18 Castle Court, a four-bed semi-detached house made £510,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

At 9 Woodbine Road, Blackrock, a three/four-bedroom detached house was sold prior to auction for over £1 million through Sherry FitzGerald. Still in Foxrock, Jackson-Stops is seeking £620,000 for 18 Brighton Place, a five-bed semi-detached house, after it failed to sell at auction.

A five-bedroom detached house at 35 Foxrock Manor, Leopardstown Road, Leopardstown, was withdrawn by Gunne Residential, which is quoting about £575,000.

In Stillorgan, 70 Priory Avenue, a three-bed semi-detached house, was sold after auction for over the guide of £300,000 by Jackson-Stops.

In Kilternan, a four-bedroom bungalow, Marlfield, on 3.75 acres in Glencullen, was sold at a Hamilton Osborne King auction for £590,000.

Sherry FitzGerald is quoting £495,000 for Brambles, a four-bedroom bungalow, on Kiltipper Road, Dublin 24, following its withdrawal from auction.

In Ticknock, Co Dublin, a seven-bedroom detached house on an acre, Hollyglen, at Kellystown Road, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is seeking £1.65 million.

In Rathcoole The Old School House, a two-bed detached house was sold at a Hamilton Osborne King auction for £175,000

Dublin 6 and 8

Sherry FitzGerald secured £2.6 million at auction for 7 St James Terrace, a refurbished two-storey over garden level period house on Clonskeagh Road. A six-bedroom semi-detached house at 34 Westfield Road, Harold's Cross, was withdrawn and sold later for £453,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Also in Harold's Cross, Sherry FitzGerald is seeking £685,000 for 370 Harold's Cross Road, a four-bed terraced house, after it failed to sell at auction.

In Dartry, Kinvara, at 2 Temple Road, a four-bed detached house, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £1.3 million.

Sherry FitzGerald is quoting £1.85 million for San Michel, a six-bedroom detached house at 67 Orwell Park, Rathgar. Bergins is quoting £920,000 for 62 Highfield Road, a four-bed house, following its withdrawal from auction.

Also in Rathgar, 42 Garville Lane, a three-bed mews house, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £465,000.

In Rathmines, a three-bed mid-terrace Victorian house at 9 Kenilworth Square was withdrawn at £437,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne Residential.

In Ranelagh, Youngs auctioned three properties: 48 Cherryfield Avenue, a three-bedroom terraced house was sold at auction for £390,000; nearby, 25 Lower Cherryfield Avenue, a three-bed terraced house was withdrawn and is under negotiation; at 27 Sandford Avenue, a three-bedroom terraced house was sold prior to auction. At 21 Moyne Road, a three-bedroom terraced house was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking £350,000.

Also in Ranelagh, 66 Merton Drive, a four-bed semi-detached house, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £485,000.

A three-bed Victorian house at 18 Warwick Villas, Leeson Park, was withdrawn at £720,000 and is under negotiation through Sherry FitzGerald.

In Dublin 8, 33 Lombard Street West, South Circular Road, a three-bed terraced house was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £240,000.

Dublin 14 and 16

A four-bedroom semi-detached house at 14 Nutgrove Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, was withdrawn at £382,500 by Daphne L. Kaye & Associates, which is now seeking £400,000.

A three-bed semi at 7 Lower Churchtown Road, Dublin 14, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £360,000.

Nearby, off Lower Churchtown Road, 2 Moyola Mews, a two-bedroom mews house, made £265,000 at a Lisney auction. In Goatstown, 240 Granite Cottages, a two-bed cottage on Drummartin Terrace, made £308,000 through Douglas Newman Good.

26 Harlech Downs, Goatstown, a four-bedroom semi-detached house, was withdrawn and sold after auction for over £450,000 by Sherry FitzGerald. In Rathfarnham, 16 Willbrook Road, a three-bed semi-detached house, made £360,000 by Lisney.

North Dublin

In Sutton, Dublin 13, a strong price of £1,080,000 was achieved at a Lisney auction yesterday for Southward, a the three-bedroom bungalow with large gardens running down to the beach. It carried a pre-auction guide price of £700,000-plus.

Sherry FitzGerald is quoting £405,000 for Cliff Cottage, a three-bed cottage at Upper Cliff Road, Howth, after it was withdrawn from auction.

In Malahide, a four-bed semidetached house at 8 Castleview Park was withdrawn at £365,000 and sold later for a higher price through Gunne Residential.

In Clontarf, Ashton, at 123 St Lawrence Road, a four-bedroom semi-detached house was sold at auction for £500,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

A three-bedroom period-style house at 22 Conquer Hill Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, was sold at a Gunne Residential auction for £254,000.

Still in Clontarf, a two-bedroom mews site at the rear of 62 Clontarf Road was withdrawn and is under negotiation through Lisney.

In Glasnevin, 20 Iona Drive, a three-bed semi-detached Strain-built house, was withdrawn and sold later for £387,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

A three-bedroom semi-detached house at 12 Hampstead Park, Glasnevin, was withdrawn by Gunne Residential, which is quoting £285,000.

A three-storey house in 10 units at 4 St Alphonsus Road, Drumcondra, made £399,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Also in Drumcondra, Dublin 9, 4 Carberry Road, a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house, was sold at a Douglas Newman Good auction for £355,000.

Hamilton Osborne King fetched £250,000 at auction for 18 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7, a four-bedroom double fronted house.

In Castleknock, Dublin 15, 22 Park View, a seven-bedroom detached house on Castleknock Road, was withdrawn and sold later for over £1 million through Lisney.

Off the Castleknock Road, The Cottage, at Green Valley, with planning permission to extend, was withdrawn at £250,000 and is under negotiation through Lisney.

At The Ward, Co Dublin, a local farmer paid £2.22 million for Ballymacarney House, a four-bedroom period house on 54 acres. The joint agent were Lisney and McDonald Bros.

Elsewhere in The Ward, a cottage at Spricklestown was sold at auction for £352,500 by Morton Flanagan.

In Loughshinney, Co Dublin, a 27.5 acres of land at Blackland, was withdrawn and is under negotiation by Ganly Criagie.

Wicklow

In Kilquade, a six-bedroom detached house, Hunters Moon, at the Russian Village, was withdrawn at £2 million by Lisney, which sold it later for just under £2.5 million. The same house was sold two years ago for £1.45 million. A Dutch barn on 50 acres on the Clonmannon estate in Ashford was auctioned in lots by joint agents Ganly Walters and Delahunt. Lot 1: 30 acres was withdrawn at £420,000 and is under negotiation. Lot 2: the barn on 2.5 acres was withdrawn at £320,000 and is under negotiation. Lot 3: 17 acres sold at auction for £220,000.

In Enniskerry, a four-bed bungalow Ballinteskin Lodge, on 1.5 acres, was sold at a Jackson-Stops auction for £560,000.

In Delgany, a five-bedroom house on 0.75 acres, The Paddocks, at 7 Downshill Woods, was withdrawn by Gunne Residential, now quoting £595,000.

Jackson-Stops is quoting £775,000 for Seaview, a five-bedroom bungalow at Temple carraig, Greystones, after it failed to sell at auction.

Near Arklow, a four-bedroom bungalow, Tredinock, on three acres at Briggs Lane, was sold at a Lisney auction for £810,000.

A two-bedroom bungalow on 0.75 acres in Kilbride was sold at auction for £170,000 by Harrington Lait.

In Brittas, Park Lodge, a three-bedroom cottage on an an acre at Slade Valley, was sold at auction for £266,500 through Sherry FitzGerald.

A four-bedroom house and two-bed cottage on 1.5 acres at Oakwood Lodge, Redcross, was withdrawn by Harrington Lait, which is seeking £525,000.

In Kilmacanogue, a three-bed bungalow, Tanglewood, at Rocky Valley Drive, was withdrawn by Jackson-Stops, which is quoting £430,000.

Nearby, Caie le Mar, at Rocky Valley Drive, a detached house on an acre, was withdrawn by Hamilton Osborne King and Hasset & Fitzsimons.

Provincial

In Co Meath, a bungalow on 0.66 acres at Bracetown, Dunboyne, was sold at auction for £475,000 by Sherry & Associates.

The same agent sold a four-bed dormer bungalow on 3.33 acres, Glenidan, Kilbrew, Ashbourne, at auction for £297,000.

In Navan, a three-bed mid-terrace house at 9 Abbeylands was withdrawn at £110,000 by Raymond Potterton.

Also in Navan, a four-bedroom detached house on 13 acres at Rathaldron Road, was sold at auction for £455,000 through Raymond Potterton.

Near Trim, a cottage on 0.5 acres in need of repair at Doolistown was sold at auction for £73,000 by Harlin Auctioneers.

Still in Trim, a derelict house on 27 acres was withdrawn at £200,000 and sold alter for a higher price by T.E. Potterton.

A 3.7-acre parcel of land at Clonlyon, Kilcock, Co Meath, was sold at auction for £120,000 through Brady & Co.

A seven-acre non-residential parcel of land at Calverstown, Kilcullen, was withdrawn at £640,000 by Jordan Auctioneers.

Greenore, a four-bed detached house on 2.5 acres at Poulaphouca, Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare, was sold at auction for £320,000 by Ferris O'Reilly.

A four-bedroom house with planning permission for a fourbed semi-detached house at Teach Mo Chroi, Clane Road, Sallins, was sold at auction for £250,000 by Ferris O'Reilly.

The same agent sold Rose Cottage, a four-bedroom terraced cottage in Rathmore Village, Naas, at auction for £191,000.

Still in Co Kildare, Hamilton Osborne King is quoting in excess of £295,000 for Pelicans, at 46 Captains Hill, Leixlip, following its withdrawal at £280,000.

A seven-bedroom house on two acres, Aspen, at Rock of Dunamaise, Portlaoise, was sold prior to auction for £400,000plus through Hume Auctioneers.

In Co Tipperary, Ballycraggan House, a five/six-bedroom house on 12.5 acres at Ballycommon, Nenagh, was sold at auction for £560,000 through Lisney. A three-bedroom bungalow on 10 acres at Craughwell, Co Galway, was sold at auction for £365,000 through Heaslips.

In Athlone, a three-bedroom farmhouse on 104 acres, Kippin, at the Pigeons, was sold at auction for £580,000 through Murtagh Bros.

In Co Wexford, The Old Schoolhouse, at Templetown, Fethard-on-Sea, was sold at auction for £86,000 by P.N. O'Gorman.

Commercial

A site with planning permission for 69 apartments and four units at Ninth Lock Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was withdrawn at £2 million and is under negotiation through Gunne.

In Fairview, a site with planning permission for 34 apartments at 184 Richmond Road was withdrawn and is under negotiation through Hamilton Osborne King.

In Monkstown, Co Dublin, 20 The Crescent, a two-storey mews with development potential, was sold at a Lisney auction for £500,000.

In Dundrum, a residential shop premises, Ruanes, at 24 Willow Road, was withdrawn by John Younge, which is seeking £350,000.

Douglas Newman Good is seeking £700,000 for Old Malt Building, a cut-stone building with planning permission for eight apartments and two offices on Allingham Street, Dublin 8, following its withdrawal from auction.

A waterfront site at 11/12 Fitzwilliam Quay was withdrawn at £3 million and is under negotiation through DTZ Sherry FitzGerald.

A 8.5-acre site at Ardreigh, Carlow Road, Athy, Co Kildare, was withdrawn at £950,000 and is under negotiation through Bryan O'Doherty.

Laurence C Gunne secured £1.34 million at auction for over 11 acres of development land at Kilsaran, Co Louth.

A 23.67-acre site with outline planning for 150 houses at Cloncollig, Tullamore, Co Offaly, was withdrawn at £2.25 million by Mason Owen & Lyons along with Cowen Auctioneers.

In Co Wexford, Warren Estates fetched £1.24 million at auction for 7.25 acres of residential development land on the Carnew Road.

Also in Gorey, a development site called The Orchards with planning permission for three detached houses was withdrawn at £170,000 and is under negotiation through Warren Estates.