Number 70 Rathgar Road, a two-storey over garden level four-bedroom period house, was withdrawn from a Gunne auction at £565,000 and sold shortly afterwards for a figure believed to be slightly over £570,000.

Elsewhere in Dublin 6, an end of terrace house at 10 Greenmount Road, Terenure, was sold at a Douglas Newman Good auction for £360,000.

Also in Terenure, 106 Greenlea Road, a detached four-bedroom house, was withdrawn by Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £255,000.

In Harold's Cross, 4 Sion Hill Avenue, a three-bedroom redbrick terraced house, was sold prior to auction for over the guide price of £230,000 by Flynn & Associates.

In Clonskeagh, a three-bedroom house at 61 Gledswood Park, off Bird Avenue, was sold at auction for £162,500 by Lisney.

A detached four-bedroom bungalow on half an acre at Prospect Lawn, Knocklyon Road, was sold at a Lisney auction for £302,500.

South Dublin

IN Blackrock, 17 Woodlands Park, a detached five-bedroom house on a quarter of an acre of garden, made £496,000 under the hammer at a Sherry FitzGerald auction.

At 9 Woodbine Park, Blackrock, a five-bedroom semidetached house was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £265,000.

The same agent withdrew 19 Cloister Grove, Blackrock, a fourbedroom semi-detached house, at £150,000.

In Mount Merrion, The Gables, on Sycamore Crescent, a threebedroom detached house, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £333,000.

In Dun Laoghaire, 2 Haigh Terrace, a double-fronted five-bedroom period house, was withdrawn at £350,000 by Sherry FitzGerald. The agency is now quoting £475,000.

A semi-detached three-bedroom house, Knocknagow, at 204 Upper Glenageary Road, Glenageary, was withdrawn by Douglas Newman Good, which is quoting £240,000.

In Sandycove, 2 Castle Close, a detached five-bedroom house off Castlepark Road, was withdrawn at £385,000 and sold later for a higher figure through Lisney.

In Rathmichael, Hawthorn Lodge, a five-bedroom detached house on 0.75 acres, was withdrawn by Hamilton Osborne King, which is quoting £850,000.

Dublin 2 and 4

IN Ballsbridge, 58 Lansdowne Road, a two-storey over garden level six-bedroom Victorian house with outline planning permission for two mews houses, was sold at auction for £1.53 million. Several bidders chased the semi-detached house, which was auctioned jointly by Lisney and Sherry FitzGerald.

Elsewhere in Ballsbridge, a three-bedroom townhouse at 22 Shrewsbury Park, Ballsbridge, was sold at a Lisney auction for £392,500.

In Donnybrook, a five-bedroom redbrick semi-detached period house at 1 Brendan Road, Donnybrook, has been sold prior to auction by Harper O'Grady. The agents are believed to have fetched a price in the mid£400,000s for the turn of the century house, which has strong historical associations. It was built in the early part of the century by a Kerry builder, Bat O'Connor, who was a close friend of Michael Collins. He became expert at hiding people in the house during the Civil War and built a secret room for Collins that defied many a raid on the premises.

Also in Donnybrook, a large semi-detached house at 2 Eglinton Park, off Eglinton Road, was withdrawn by Frank O'Donnell, which is quoting £375,000.

In Temple Bar, Dublin 2, a twobedroom duplex apartment at The Cutlers, on Parliament Street, was withdrawn at £215,000 and is under negotiation through Jackson-Stops McCabe.

Nearby, at 3 Fownes Street, Temple Bar, a large, five-bedroom apartment was withdrawn by Lisney, which is now quoting £660,000. The 3,000 sq ft apartment occupies three floors of two 18th century townhouses. Refurbished under the guidance of a conservation architect over the past three years, the apartment has three reception rooms and a large kitchen-cum-diningroom. Four of the five bedrooms are located on the top floor off a wide, glass roofed landing.

Dublin 14 and 16

GUNNE secured a strong price of £244,000 at auction for 29 Lower Churchtown Road, Churchtown, a refurbished three-bedroom terraced house.

North Dublin

Jackson-Stops McCabe secured £505,000 at auction for Hampton House, a seven-bedroom period house on seven acres in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. An adjoining yard was sold for £50,000.

O'Farrell Cleere sold 57 Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, Co Dublin, at auction for £240,000.

In Clontarf, Dublin 3, 69 Clontarf Road, a four-bedroom terraced house, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £251,000.

A three-bedroom semi-detached house at 21 Iona Park, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, was sold at a Sherry FitzGerald auction for £290,000.

In Portrane, Co Dublin, The Old Schoolhouse was withdrawn and is under negotiation through Douglas Newman Good.

Wicklow

IN Bray, Ballywaltrim Lodge, a detached five-bedroom house at Hollybrook, was withdrawn by Jackson-Stops McCabe, which is quoting £380,000.

Knockrobin, a five-bedroom dormer bungalow on one acre at Willow Grove, Delgany, was withdrawn at £350,000 by JacksonStops McCabe, which sold it later for a higher figure.

A four-bedroom cottage on 0.9 acres, Coole Cottage, in Ballydonarea, Kilcoole, was withdrawn by Clarke Delahunt, which is quoting £300,000.

Provincial

In Co Kildare, The Hill House, a five-bedroom period house on 1.75 acres in Naas, was withdrawn at £640,000 and is under negotiation through Jordan Auctioneers.

A 16-acre farm in two divisions at Mooretown, Rathcoffey, Co

Kildare, was sold at auction for £180,000 through Oliver Reilly.

Also in Co Kildare, the same agent sold a detached three-bedroom bungalow on one acre at Betaghstown, Clane, at auction for £148,000.

Commercial

In Rathmines, Dublin 6, Hynes public house, at 2 Rathgar Road, was withdrawn at £2.5 million by John Younge.

In Dublin 8, a four-storey former public house premises at 60 Thomas Street was withdrawn by Hamilton Osborne King, which is quoting £475,000.

In Trim, Co Meath, 19.2 acres of development land at Lackanash, was sold at auction for £2.6 million by T.E. Potterton.

Murtagh Bros fetched £325,000 at auction for Fox's public house at Loughnavalley, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

In Co Louth, The Dublin House pub, at 40 Church Street, Dundalk, was sold prior to auction for £380,000 through P.B. Gunne.

In Carlow, a residential/business premises with good gardens and a separate rear access at Tullow Street was sold at auction for £205,000 through McDermott Auctioneers.

In Co Wexford, Crosbies Bar, at North Street, New Ross, was sold after auction for over £500,000 through Michael A. O'Leary & Associates.

A 2.3-acre residential development site at Cork Road, Waterford, was sold after auction for over £260,000 by John Rohan.

The Molly Malone public house, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow, was withdrawn at £800,000 and is under negotiation through joint agents, Morrisseys and Gabriel Dooley.

In Co Galway, Connolly's Pharmacy, at Old Church Street, Athenry, was sold at auction for £330,000 through John Kelly & Co.