{"id":5968,"date":"2026-08-25T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:11:31","slug":"meta-billionaire-mark-zuckerberg-has-just-bought-a-196-year-old-gothic-castle-with-11-bedrooms-in-ireland-worth-up-to-35-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5968","title":{"rendered":"Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has just bought a 196-year-old gothic castle with 11 bedrooms in Ireland worth up to $35 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently bought the Strancally castle in Waterford, Ireland: a 19th-century, gothic-style mansion overlooking the River Blackwater in the southeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5966\">Republicans squirm as Trump escalates trade war with Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three-story home was built in 1830 and later extensively renovated in 2003, reportedly featuring 11 main bedrooms, a cut-stone Gothic Revival facade, 16,000 square feet of living, and sprawling green lawns across its 440 acres. While the transaction was not listed on the Irish state property price register, <em>The Irish Times<\/em> estimates that the billionaire couple\u2019s new home could be worth between \u20ac20 million (around $23.3 million) and \u20ac30 million (roughly $35 million).<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond luxury and historic appeal, there could also be a practical purpose behind Zuckerberg\u2019s purchase. Meta\u2019s international headquarters are nestled in Dublin, Ireland, about 125 miles from Strancally castle. The family won\u2019t reside in The Emerald Isle full-time, but the estate will serve as a European home-base for the highly influential family. The Waterford City and County Council also emphasized the area\u2019s rugged coastlines and picturesque towns when asked about the billionaire\u2019s castle purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters,\u201d Brian Baker, a spokesperson for Zuckerberg, tells <em>Fortune.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Wealthy Americans are buying up million-dollar mansions in Europe<\/h2>\n<p>Zuckerberg is just one of many wealthy Americans adding foreign postcodes to their property portfolios.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2019, hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin bought a $122 million Georgian mansion near Buckingham Palace\u2014which, at the time, was London\u2019s most expensive sale in over a decade. The 16,000 square-foot mansion located at 3 Carlton Gardens boasts a spa and indoor swimming pool, as well as an historic backstory, having previously served as Charles de Gaulle\u2019s wartime headquarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other ultra-rich Americans including George Clooney, Tom Ford, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have all added European homes to their portfolios.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5964\">AI\u2019s land problem is pushing data centers into the ocean<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More wealthy, non-famous Americans have been eyeing up U.K. homes as well, chasing stability as the U.S. grapples with a soaring cost-of-living, political polarization, and economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This year, London witnessed a staggering jump in the number of sales valued above \u00a315 million ($20 million)\u2014and it\u2019s largely being driven by Americans with deep pockets, according to luxury real estate company Beauchamp Estates. An estimated \u00a31.24 billion ($1.66 billion) worth of property was sold across 34 deals between January and June of 2026, compared to the \u00a3694.1 million ($928 million) sales across 27 properties in the same period of 2025. And in the first half of this year, Americans accounted for 30% of all home sales above $20 million\u2014up from 20% at the end of 2025\u2014helping fuel the \u00a3546 million ($730 million) rise within just six months.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The real estate firm says that newly minted tech wealth, favorable buying conditions, and uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration are driving more Americans to the city\u2019s luxury housing market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. economy and booming tech sector are generating significant wealth, but unease over Trump has helped to generate a 10% rise in American buyers transferring some of their money offshore into London property purchases,\u201d Rosy Khalastchy, the director and head of St John\u2019s Wood Office at Beauchamp Estates, shared in a press release with <em>Fortune<\/em>earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The real estate company also points to a preferential exchange rate, opportunities for deals and discounts, and the city being viewed as \u201ca good European business base\u201d to grow their success. And beyond the financial incentives, Americans are choosing London for its social scene and quality education system. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, also recently enrolled their children in British schools upon their move back to the U.K. from California.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5957\">Harvard\u2019s $699 startup bootcamp has professors who never sleep\u2013but that\u2019s because they\u2019re AI clones<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like hedge fund mogul Ken Griffin, the Meta CEO has joined the list of ultra-rich Americans buying up multimillion-dollar mansions in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-billionaires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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