One of the country's longest established rugby clubs - Galwegians RFC - is in line for a €25 million windfall by selling its grounds.
The club has decided to sell its 3.7 hectare (9¼ acre) site - the club's home since 1963 - and develop new facilities on a greenfield site.
Enormous interest is expected in the sale of Crowley Park, which is on the Dublin Road, a few miles to the east of Galway city.
The club, founded in 1922 and the most successful in Connacht, fields 17 teams from under-17 to senior and has produced several internationals over the years.
Galwegians has been unable to extend its two-pitch facility at Crowley Park, which is land-locked.
Like a lot of other clubs, Galwegians incurred substantial debt at the onset of the professional era a decade ago, but by then a plan was being considered to sell its site on the Dublin Road for housing.
The club, which has up to 1,000 members, has struggled in the top flight of the AIB League in recent seasons, but enjoys a buoyant underage section.
It developed the facility at Glenina in 1963 and named it Crowley Park in the mid-1980s in honour of its main driving force over the years, the late Chris Crowley, one of six Galwegians RFC members who have served as president of the IRFU.
Club chairman MacDara Hosty said that an information night will be held at Crowley Park on Wednesday next to allow members to find out more about the club's plans.