It’s reported that parking space was at a premium in Tinahely at last week’s auction of a 42-acre residential holding situated at Slievemweel, Tinahely, Co Wicklow. Located midway between Tinahely and Aughrim, the property came to the market with a two-bay farmhouse, some stone outbuildings and €3,211 of entitlements. Although there were some Dublin-based parties in the room, the auction completely relied on locals for bids. It’s understood the property sold in five separate lots for a combined total that amounted to slightly over €360,000 (circa €8,500/acre). Selling agent Alan Kinsella from Kinsella Estates, Carnew and Gorey, sold an elevated three-acre field before auction for an undisclosed figure to an adjoining landowner but the remaining four lots each sold under the hammer. A 4.2-acre field was knocked down at €45,000; a further circa 10 acres sold for €79,000; 16 acres laid out in three fields made €122,000; while the house on eight acres sold for €90,000. Each lot was bought by local farming families with two different families securing two lots each.