Short-term rentals in Clifden
Airbnb leads local supply with 57% of tracked listings. Connemara Holiday Lettings is the largest professional operator in Clifden, with 150 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 675
- Market rank
- #7 / 83
- National share
- 2.1%
- Professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Clifden
In Clifden, Airbnb leads with 384 tracked listings (57%), versus 291 on Booking.com (43%).
Where the listings are in Clifden
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 Clifden
43% of Clifden's tracked listings (288 of 675) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 55% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 33% on Airbnb. The 7 indexed professional operators run 314 local listings between them, and the three largest — Connemara Holiday Lettings, Love Connemara Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 96% of that.
- Professional share
- 43%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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 61% of Clifden's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Clifden
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 | Connemara Holiday Lettings | 150 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 1,576 |
| 2 | Love Connemara Cottages | 140 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,561 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 10 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 4 | Claddagh Living | 6 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 445 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 6 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 7 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
All 7 professional operators in Clifden
Local listings
- Connemara Holiday Lettings 150 listings
- Love Connemara Cottages 140 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 10 listings
- Claddagh Living 6 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 4 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 2 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Clifden among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Clifden market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Clifden compares
Clifden ranks 7th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 2.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Doolin 842 listings
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Dingle 780 listings
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Wexford 683 listings
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Leixlip 632 listings
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Cork 616 listings
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Westport 611 listings
Photo credits
- Doolin: Photo: DoolinIreland by Thpohl · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dingle: Photo: Dingle-Skyline-2012 by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wexford: Photo: Main Street Wexford - geograph.org.uk - 316261 by David Staincliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leixlip: Photo: Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland by Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cork: Photo: Centre, Cork, Ireland - panoramio (5) by K.ristof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Westport: Photo: Westport bridge IE by Mark Waters · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Clifden market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Clifden?
Clifden has 675 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 384 on Airbnb and 291 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Clifden?
The largest professional operator in Clifden is Connemara Holiday Lettings, with 150 local listings.
How professionalised is the Clifden short-term rental market?
43% of Clifden's tracked listings (288 of 675) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 55% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 33% on Airbnb. The 7 indexed professional operators run 314 local listings between them, and the three largest — Connemara Holiday Lettings, Love Connemara Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 96% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Clifden?
In Clifden, Airbnb leads with 384 tracked listings (57%), versus 291 on Booking.com (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Clifden?
7 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Clifden. 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 675 public short-term rental listings in Clifden, 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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