There is probably nothing that will start a family row quicker than cracking out the Monopoly board.
The board game is almost a hundred years old and despite its unerring ability to start squabbles, it still remains hugely popular.
Not surprisingly for a game that has been around so long, the property prices on the classic Irish version are a little out of date, so we decided to take a look at how much a home in each area would actually cost today.
A specific Dublin version was released in 2018 but we're going to use the areas in the classic version of the game and take the median house price based on the latest data from the Central Statistics Office.
It's probably no spoiler to say that you're no longer going to get a whole lot in Crumlin for €60 and you certainly won't be living lavishly in Dublin 4 for under €500 so without further ado let's take a look at what the Monopoly board should look like today.
Crumlin and Kimmage
We start on the two brown squares where the cheapest areas in the game can be found. You can pick up both areas for the tidy sum of €60 each - which wouldn't even pay for a week's rent in either area now.
Both areas are in Dublin 12 where the median house price is €350,000 according to the CSO.
Rathgar Road, South Circular Road & Rathmines Road
Rathgar Road and Rathmines Road are both in Dublin 6 where a home will set you back a cool €582,000 - quite the jump from the respective prices of €100 and €120 on the standard Monopoly board.
South Circular Road is also valued at €100 in the game. The road mainly runs through Dublin 8 where the average price is €350,000 although there are currently three bedroom homes in Portobello advertised on daft.ie for as much as €1.2 million.
Dawson Street, Kildare Street & Nassau Street
Realistically, you're not actually going to be able to buy homes on these streets any more and certainly not for the price range of €140 to €160 on the Monopoly board.
All three are in Dublin 2 where the median price is a surprisingly low €385,000. But you wouldn't get much for that if you were to try and buy commercial property on any of the streets as they actually usually change hands for millions.
Pearse Street, Dame Street & Westmorland Street
We're still in Dublin 2 although there are a few more residential options on these streets and some are broadly in lime with the median price of €385,000.
There's an apartment advertised on Dame Street for €375,000 at the moment and a one bed apartment with an asking price of €300,000 on Pearse Street.
But just off the street on Pearse Square there's a three bedroom home on the market for €800,000 - just a tad more expensive than the €200 on the Monopoly board.
Henry Street, Capel Street & Abbey Street
We move to Dublin 1 now where Henry Street is valued at €240 on the board and Capel Street and Abbey Street cost €220 each.
The median price in this area is €326,000 but these particular shopping districts don't really have residential property available apart from Capel Street where there is a flat currently on offer for €325,000 on myhome.ie.
O'Connell Street, North Earl Street & Talbot Street
Still in Dublin 1 although the prices on the board go up slightly with Talbot and North Earl Streets costing €260 and O'Connell Street €280.
In reality, you probably couldn't even buy a shoebox on any of those streets with commercial property for sale at €1.5 million on Talbot Street at the moment.
George's Street, Wicklow Street & Grafton Street
Back over the Liffey to Dublin 2 where George's and Wicklow Street are valued at €300 and Grafton Street costs €320 on the Monopoly board.
Again, these streets are mainly made up of commercial properties these days and have changed hands for up to €2 million in recent years.
Ailesbury Road & Shrewsbury Road
These are the ones that you want to land on in the game as if you get hold of both of them you're on your way to bankrupting your opponents.
They will set you back €350 for Ailesbury Road and €400 for Shrewsbury Road although in real life you haven't hope of even looking at those streets for that kind of money.
The median property price for Dublin 4 is €662,500 but even that wouldn't get you much on these two streets where a house was put on the market on Ailesbury Road for €14 million last year.
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