A small period house, The Old Rectory, at Beauparc, Co Meath, has been sold at auction for £760,0000 - £405,000 more than it made two years ago. The selling price again underlines the strong demand for period homes within commuting distance of Dublin. Ganly Walters had been quoting a guide price of £525,000-plus for the seven-bedroom house, which was built 200 years ago by the Church of Ireland.

Bidding at the auction opened at £450,000 and with four parties chasing the house, it was declared on the market by Robert Ganly at £750,000. The Old Rectory was extensively remodelled and upgraded in 1992 and was further improved last year.

It has three reception rooms and a kitchen/diningroom on the ground floor, opening out on to a patio at the rear. The house has grounds of 3.5 acres, including a staff house and two loose boxes.

Meanwhile, in the Dublin area, Orchard Court, a four-bedroom house on 0.25 acres at Ballinclea Road, Killiney, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £650,000.

A four-bedroom bungalow at 1 Sandycove East Lane, Sandycove, was withdrawn by Jackson-Stops McCabe, which is quoting £550,000.

In Dun Laoghaire, 11 Eblana Avenue, a double fronted house in four units, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £355,000.

Lisney is seeking £795,000 for a five-bedroom detached house on an acre Quarry House, at Quarry Road, Rathmichael, following its withdrawal from auction.

A four-bedroom detached house at 12 Seafield, Corbawn Lane, Shankill, made £350,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

In Blackrock, 37 Granville Park, a four-bedroom detached house, was sold at auction for £950,000 by Hamilton Osborne King.

Also in Blackrock, 27 Ardagh Avenue, a three-bedroom bungalow, was sold at auction for £267,500 through Terry Halpenny.

In Booterstown, a two-bedroom house at 3 The Stables, St Helens Wood, was sold at a Gunne auction for £250,000.

A three-bedroom bungalow at 20 Redesdale Road, Mount Merrion, made £340,000 through Lisney.

Dublin 2 and 4

Sherry FitzGerald secured £1.4 million at auction for Woodlawn, a four-bedroom detached house on 0.5 acres at 63 Lansdowne Road.

A three-bedroom landmark house, Belville Cottage, on Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook, was sold at auction for £900,000 through Finnegan Menton. Also in Donnybrook, 138 Stillorgan Road, a four-bedroom semi-detached house, was sold prior to auction for over the guide price of £425,000 by O'Mahony Auctioneers.

A four-bedroom mid-terrace house at 9 Pearse Square, Dublin 2, was sold at a Lisney auction for £300,000.

A three-bedroom mid-terrace house at 16 Albert Place East, Dublin 2, was sold at auction for £385,000 through Douglas Newman Good.

Off Grattan Street, in Dublin 2, a three-bedroom end of terrace house at 7 Grattan Place, was sold at auction for £230,000 through Douglas Newman Good.

Dublin 6 and 8

In Rathgar, 67 Kenilworth Square, a two-storey over garden level six/seven-bedroom period house on a corner site, was sold at auction for £650,000 through Lisney.

A three-bedroom two-storey over garden level period house at 70 Frankfort Avenue, Rathgar, was sold at a Hamilton Osborne King auction for £575,000. At 3 Rathgar Place, a three-bedroom mews house was sold at auction for £360,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

A four-bedroom house at 6 Brighton Road was withdrawn and is under negotiation through Douglas Newman Good. In Rathmines, 48 Leinster Road, a six-bedroom end of terrace house, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which sold it later for £790,000.

Nearby at 151 Leinster Road, a three-bedroom house and mews was auctioned in two lots through Ganly Walters. The house was withdrawn and is now quoting £520,000 while the entire comprising, house and mews was withdrawn. The quoting price is now about £900,000.

Also in Rathmines, 66 Cowper Road, a four-bedroom semi-detached house was withdrawn and sold later for over the guide price of £520,000 by Sherry FitzGerald.

Near Harold's Cross, 1 Clareville Road, a four-bedroom end of terrace house, was withdrawn and sold later for over £300,000 by Douglas Newman Good.

In Ranelagh, 29 Upper Beechwood Avenue, a three-bedroom Victorian house, was withdrawn by Gunne, which is quoting £475,000.

A two-bedroom mid-terrace house at 34 Mount Pleasant Terrace, Ranelagh, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £191,000.

In Terenure, Herman White is seeking £299,000 for 13 Parkmore Drive, a three-bedroom semi-detached house, following its withdrawal from auction.

Douglas Newman Good is seeking £350,000 for Walworth House, 12 Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin 8, a three-bedroom corner house, after it failed to sell at auction.

A house arranged in four one-bedroom apartments at 48 Inchicore Road was withdrawn by Douglas Newman Good, which is quoting £280,000.

Dublin 14 and 16

A three-bedroom bungalow, Lislea, at Flemingstown Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14, was sold prior to auction for about £300,000.

Elsewhere in Churchtown, 14 Whitebarn Road, a three-bedroom bungalow, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £290,000.

Also in Dublin 14, Belclare, a two-bedroom cottage at 17 Millmount Terrace, Dundrum Road, was withdrawn at £155,000 and sold later for a higher price through Lisney.

In Goatstown, 8 Knocknashee, a four-bedroom detached house, made £446,500 through Sherry FitzGerald.

North Dublin

A four-bedroom detached house, Fionn Uisce, at 5 Castleknock Road, made £790,000 through Baxter Auctioneers.

Also in Castleknock, the same agent fetched £368,000 at auction for 77 Castleknock Park, Castleknock, a four-bedroom detached house.

Still in Dublin 15, 18 Homeleigh, a five-bedroom detached house on an acre was withdrawn by Hamilton Osborne King, which is quoting £875,000.

A three-bedroom semi-detached house at 390 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, was sold prior to auction for about £250,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

In Glasnevin, 4 Cremore Avenue, a three-bedroom semi-detached house, was withdrawn at £300,000 and sold later through Mason Estates.

Still in Glasnevin, 130 Botanic Road, a two-bedroom terraced house was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £180,000.

In Clontarf, a five-bedroom semi-detached house, Aviemore, at 32 Victoria Road, made £490,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

At 117 Seafield Road East, a four-bedroom semi-detached house was withdrawn at £320,000 and sold later for over £360,000 by Gunne.

Also in Clontarf, 52 Dollymount Park, a three-bedroom semi-detached house, made £251,000 through Gunne.

Sherry FitzGerald secured £226,000 at auction for 22 Willie Nolan Road, a three-bedroom bungalow.

In Dublin 1, apartment 329, a three-bedroom apartment at Custom House Harbour, was sold at a Lisney auction for £340,000.

Wicklow

Sherry FitzGerald is seeking £330,000 for Dargle Glen Lodge, Enniskerry, a three-bedroom bungalow, following its withdrawal from auction.

Provincial

In Co Meath, Maybury Lodge, a three-bedroom house at Ardbraccan, Navan, was withdrawn at £200,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

Also in Navan, a four-bedroom detached house, Ardcarn, at Dublin Road, was withdrawn at £280,000 by Smith Auctioneers.

Sherry FitzGerald is seeking £160,000 for Kilmurray, a three-bedroom bungalow on 3.5 acres in Trim, Co Meath, following its withdrawal from auction at £150,000.

Also in Co Meath, a three-bedroom cottage at Cloran, Athboy, was withdrawn at £80,000 and is under negotiation through T E Potterton.

In Co Kildare, Crookhaven House, a four-bedroom house on an acre at Ryston, Newbridge, was sold at auction for £550,000 by Colm McEvoy.

A six-bedroom period house on 7.5 acres, Crotanstown House, The Curragh, was withdrawn by Lisney, which is quoting £1.4 million.

In Naas, 48 acres at Newhall was auctioned in three lots by Coonan. Lot 1: 2.6 acres was sold at auction for £510,000; Lot 2: 3.6 acres sold for £630,000; Lot 3: 41 acres was withdrawn at £4.75 million and sold later for a higher price.

In Co Westmeath, Clonkill House, a nine-bedroom house on 11 acres at Monilea, Mullingar, was sold at auction for £387,000 through T E Potterton.

In Newcastle, Co Dublin, six acres at Newcastle Village was withdrawn at £2.2 million and is under negotiation through Coonan.

Commercial

John Younge sold The Revels public house on Main Street, Rathfarnham village at auction for £3.2 million.

In Dublin 6, a 0.38-acre development site at Grove Road, Dublin 6, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £1.71 million.

Also in Dublin 6, 44/45/46 Highfield Road, Rathgar Cross Road, a retail/showroom development, was sold at auction for £1.27 million through Douglas Newman Good.

In Dublin 8, Carrigans public house, at 74 Old Kilmainham Road, was sold at auction for £1.45 million through Morrisseys.

A 2,400 sq ft two-storey office/ commercial building at 15 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4, was withdrawn at £385,000 by Bennetts, which is quoting £470,000.

A newsagents premises, The Roundabout Newsagents at 174 Walkinstown Road, Walkinstown, was withdrawn at £600,000 and is under negotiation through Christies.

A residential public house, The Yacht Bar, in Loughshinny, Co Dublin, was withdrawn at £925,000 and sold later for a higher price through John Younge.

In Dublin 7, The Elmo, a convenience store on the New Cabra Road, was withdrawn at £400,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

Ronald Duff & Associates secured a strong price of £880,000 at auction for a two-acre residential site in Ratoath, Co Meath.

In Co Louth, Gallaghers Garden Centre, at Bridge Street/John Street, Dundalk, was withdrawn at £390,000 and is under negotiation through Gunne.

In Co Tipperary, a site of 2.35 acres at Roseville, Western Road, Clonmel, was sold at auction for £570,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

In Co Sligo, a 70-bedroom hotel, The Ballincar House Hotel, at Rosses Point Road, was withdrawn and sold later for close to the guide price of £1.2 million through Gunne.