Kilkenny and Carlow were both in the top 5 when it came to the prices paid for farmland last year.
That’s according to the latest Farmers Journal Land Price Survey for 2018.
Kilkenny saw a significant rise of more than 30 percent bringing the average price per acre close on 12 and a half thousand euro.
Carlow, despite a slight drop, still registered on average above 12 thousand euro an acre last year.