A table constructed in part from the wood from the wreck of a Spanish Armada ship from 1588 was sold for €360,000 at Adams Auction.
Once the 20% buyer's commission and VAT are included, the final cost for the successful bidder was more than €430,000.
The table sold for well above its guide price of between €100,000 and €200,000.
It has been described as one of the most important and earliest pieces of Irish furniture.
It is not yet known if the table, which was made for the High Sheriff of Clare in Dromoland Castle, will remain in Ireland.
In the autumn of 1588, as many as 27 ships of the Spanish Armada were lost off the Irish coast and two of them were lost off the west Clare coast.
After their sinking, the timber from the ships started to come ashore.
The high sheriff recovered some of the decorative carvings from the galleon, which were then made into a three-metre table.
