Short-term rentals in Ballyshannon
Airbnb leads local supply with 65% of tracked listings. Travelnest is the largest professional operator in Ballyshannon, with 8 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 202
- Market rank
- #61 / 83
- National share
- 0.6%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ballyshannon
In Ballyshannon, Airbnb leads with 132 tracked listings (65%), versus 70 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Ballyshannon
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 Ballyshannon
8% of Ballyshannon's tracked listings (16 of 202) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 4 indexed professional operators run 16 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 88% of that.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 53%
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 63% of Ballyshannon's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (15%).
Largest operators in Ballyshannon
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.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelnest | 8 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 3 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 3 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 4 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
All 4 professional operators in Ballyshannon
Local listings
- Travelnest 8 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 3 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 3 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Ballyshannon among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Ballyshannon market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ballyshannon compares
Ballyshannon ranks 61st of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Moville 217 listings
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Ardara 214 listings
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Leitrim 210 listings
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Kilrush 201 listings
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Ballybunion 192 listings
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Monaghan 188 listings
Photo credits
- Moville: Photo: Moville by Patrick Mackie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ardara: Photo: Front Street Ardara - geograph.org.uk - 1065367 by Bart Whelan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leitrim: Photo: Main Street, Leitrim village - geograph.org.uk - 803459 by Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilrush: Photo: Kilrush town centre - geograph.org.uk - 1514885 by Simon Huguet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ballybunion: Photo: Ballybunion Main St South by Luther1968 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monaghan: Photo: Monaghan Court House - geograph.org.uk - 167640 by Brian Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ballyshannon market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ballyshannon?
Ballyshannon has 202 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 132 on Airbnb and 70 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ballyshannon?
The largest professional operator in Ballyshannon is Travelnest, with 8 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ballyshannon short-term rental market?
8% of Ballyshannon's tracked listings (16 of 202) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 4 indexed professional operators run 16 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 88% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ballyshannon?
In Ballyshannon, Airbnb leads with 132 tracked listings (65%), versus 70 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ballyshannon?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Ballyshannon. 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 202 public short-term rental listings in Ballyshannon, 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 .
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