Farmland, sites, forestry and development land for sale across the 32 counties — tracked, researched, and emailed to your inbox the moment it comes up.
Used by farmers, developers, investors, and anyone looking for their own patch of Ireland.
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Irish land isn't one market — it's several. Each has its own rules, buyers, and pricing dynamics. Pick what you care about.
Grazing, tillage, dairy platforms and smallholdings. Prices vary hugely by land quality, county and rental demand. Irish farmland has risen steadily over the past decade.
Explore farmlandHalf-acre and acre sites for self-builders. Planning permission status — or the realistic path to it — is the single biggest price driver here.
Explore sitesCommercial plantations, native woodland, and bare land for afforestation. Forestry premiums and carbon schemes change the maths every few years.
Explore forestryZoned and un-zoned land for residential, mixed-use or commercial schemes. Often transacted by tender or private treaty through named agents.
Explore developmentWe don't run an estate agency. We don't list land ourselves. We aggregate from the platforms that do, cross-reference the market reports that matter, and write up what we see — honestly, and with our sources on the page.
Every listing platform has its blind spots. We've reviewed the five most-used in Ireland, compared their strengths, and ranked them by what they're actually good at.
The default for most Irish land buyers. Widest inventory, best filtering, and publishes the most-cited land report in the country.
Read our Daft.ie reviewStrong for residential sites and smaller plots. Owned by The Irish Times. Solid map search and saved-search alerts.
Read our MyHome.ie reviewOnline auction specialists. Development sites, distressed land, and repossessions. Fast pace — know the rules before bidding.
Read our BidX1 reviewWe've written the guides we wish existed when we started researching this ourselves.
The full process — from searching to closing — in plain English. Legal fees, stamp duty, searches, folio checks, everything.
Read the guideWhat makes a site "buildable"? Local needs tests, rural planning guidelines, and the questions to ask before putting down a deposit.
Read the guideThe Forestry Programme 2023–2027: who qualifies, what it pays, and whether afforestation still stacks up financially.
Read the guideBISS, the new CAP, ACRES, and what land-based payments actually mean for land value in 2026.
Read the guideFrom rule-of-thumb per-acre figures to formal RICS valuations, and why the same field can be worth two very different numbers.
Read the guideAgricultural Relief, Young Trained Farmer Relief, Consolidation Relief — the reliefs that can make or break a land purchase.
Read the guideAverage agricultural land in Ireland traded at roughly €13,500 per acre in 2024 per Daft.ie's latest land report — up slightly on 2023. Our market page tracks county-level moves.
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