Are these actual sale prices or asking prices?

These are actual sale prices for Birr from the official Property Price Register — what buyers really paid, not advertised asking prices. The median over the last 12 months was €240,000.

How current is the data?

It is rebuilt from the Property Price Register as new sales are registered. The latest recorded sale was 12 June 2026.

What is the rental yield in Birr?

The gross rental yield in Birr is about 5.4% — average rent of €1,088/month against a median sale price of €240,000. The estimated net yield after costs is 4.3%.

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Birr House Prices & Rents

296 Property Price Register sales · rents Q4 2025 · latest 12 Jun 2026

Median sale price (last 12 months)

€240,000

76 sales · Midland prices +12.5% year-on-year (CSO mix-adjusted)

1 homes sold in Birr in June 2026 (latest data) — see the Leinster feed →

CSO official benchmark — Offaly median: €277,500 (mix-adjusted, 12 mo to 2026-04). Town figure is local detail.

Avg rent/mo

€1,088

+16.3% YoY

Gross yield

5.4%

rent ÷ price

Net yield (est.)

4.3%

after ~20% costs + LPT

New build

–

Second-hand

€240,000

Over the last 12 months 76 homes sold in Birr at a median of €240,000. That sits below the Offaly benchmark of €277,500. Across the Midland region, CSO mix-adjusted house prices are +12.5% year-on-year. At an average rent of €1,088 a month, that is a gross rental yield of 5.4% (4.3% net of typical costs).

Who lives in Birr?

Census 2022 area profile for the Knockbarron electoral division, the local electoral division covering the area. This is the local-area context — separate from the sale prices above, which are matched to Birr addresses on the Property Price Register.

Owner-occupied

91%

9% rented

Houses/bungalows

99%

0% flats/apts

Vacant dwellings

12.5%

Census 2022

Households

Knockbarron

AFFORDABILITY

4.1× income

Birr’s median sale price €240,000 is about 4.1× the local-area median gross household income of €59,104 (CSO Census 2022, electoral division).

Recent sales

Date	Address	Type	Price
10 Jun 26	CASTLE STREET, CLOGHAN, BIRR	Second-hand	€395,000
28 May 26	1 RIVERSTOWN, BIRR, OFFALY	Second-hand	€240,000
19 May 26	EMMET ST, BIRR, OFFALY	Second-hand	€130,000
01 May 26	EGLISH, FIVEALLEY, BIRR	Second-hand	€375,000
17 Apr 26	73 HIGH ST, BIRR, CO OFFALY	Second-hand	€121,000
08 Apr 26	DOWRAS, FIVEALLEY, BIRR	Second-hand	€170,000
02 Apr 26	20 NEW ROAD, BIRR, CO. OFFALY	Second-hand	€200,000
27 Mar 26	15 RIVERSIDE APT, NEWBRIDGE ST, BIRR	Second-hand	€170,000

Median price, year by year

2023  ██████████████████████████████ €188,500  (88)
2024  ████████████████████████████████ €200,000  (100)
2025  ████████████████████████████████████ €230,000  (85)
2026  ██████████████████████████████████████ €240,000  (23)

Average rent by size

1-bed	2-bed	3-bed	4+ bed
–	€1,001	€1,124	–

Other Offaly towns

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Official government data only. Individual sale prices are shown exactly as recorded on the Property Price Register. Medians and yields adjust new-build prices for 13.5% VAT (the register lists new dwellings ex-VAT), which brings them within a few % of the official CSO county median. Rents: RTB via CSO.

Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), CSO RPPI (HPM05), RTB Average Monthly Rent (RIQ02); area profile — CSO Census 2022 (Tables 6.1/6.3/6.8) + ED household income; boundary — OSi/Tailte Éireann; basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. All CC-BY. Verify any sale at propertypriceregister.ie. Data subject? Email us for removal.