Same auctioneers, same venue, 63 years on
History repeats itself as 49ac Thurles property goes back to auction with a guide of €510,000 – having cost less than £1,000 in 1959
Potential: The 1970s bungalow with the farm at Drombane Upper is in need of upgrading
Jim O'Brien
In a piece of historical symmetry, a 49ac residential property at Drombane Upper, Thurles, Co Tipperary will be brought to auction by Thomas V Ryan — the firm that conducted the sale when the farm was last on the market in 1959.
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