Short-term rentals in Athlone
Airbnb leads local supply with 63% of tracked listings. Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway is the largest professional operator in Athlone, with 5 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 246
- Market rank
- #51 / 83
- National share
- 0.8%
- Professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Athlone
In Athlone, Airbnb leads with 154 tracked listings (63%), versus 92 on Booking.com (37%).
Where the listings are in Athlone
The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.
Market structure in Athlone
7% of Athlone's tracked listings (17 of 246) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 5 indexed professional operators run 16 local listings between them, and the three largest — Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway, Travelnest and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 81% of that.
- Professional share
- 7%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 65%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 32% of Athlone's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Athlone
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway | 5 | 4.45 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 9,339 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 5 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 3 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 5 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 2,095 |
All 5 professional operators in Athlone
Local listings
- Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway 5 listings
- Travelnest 5 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 3 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Athlone among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Athlone market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Athlone compares
Athlone ranks 51st of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
-
Waterville 264 listings
-
Roundstone 261 listings
-
Sneem 251 listings
-
Enniscrone 238 listings
-
Cashel 232 listings
-
Downings 229 listings
Photo credits
- Waterville: Photo: Waterville in November sunshine by Kemiah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Roundstone: Photo: Cloch na Rón - geograph.org.uk - 12397 by Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sneem: Photo: Sneem-14-Haeuser-2017-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Enniscrone: Photo: Bathing Terrace at Inishcrone - geograph.org.uk - 1054939 by Owen Doody · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cashel: Photo: Cashel by Kweedado2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Downings: Photo: Nadunaibh by MaxPride · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
Browse the full Ireland city directory or the Ireland market report .
Athlone market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Athlone?
Athlone has 246 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 154 on Airbnb and 92 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Athlone?
The largest professional operator in Athlone is Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway, with 5 local listings.
How professionalised is the Athlone short-term rental market?
7% of Athlone's tracked listings (17 of 246) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 5 indexed professional operators run 16 local listings between them, and the three largest — Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway, Travelnest and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 81% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Athlone?
In Athlone, Airbnb leads with 154 tracked listings (63%), versus 92 on Booking.com (37%).
How many professional operators run listings in Athlone?
5 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Athlone. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.
About this data
Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 246 public short-term rental listings in Athlone, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across Ireland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
Spotted an inconsistency, or want fresher data for Athlone? Report a data issue or request an update — corrections land with the next data refresh.