New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, paid more than €51 million for Strancally Castle in County Waterford, Ireland, in August, according to new property records.

An entry in Ireland's Residential Property Price Register shows that the sale of the castle, located at Knockanore in County Waterford, was completed on August 17 for €51,171,155, reported RTE and The Journal.

The amount is nearly double the €20 million to €30 million estimated price reported when the acquisition first emerged in August. The purchase is also reportedly the highest price paid for a single residential property in Ireland this year.

The three-storey Gothic-style mansion and its 178-hec...