Short-term rentals in Cong
Airbnb dominates local supply with 73% of tracked listings, 2.7× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Cong, with 5 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 183
- Market rank
- #65 / 83
- National share
- 0.6%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cong
In Cong, Airbnb leads with 134 tracked listings (73%), 2.7× the 49 on Booking.com (27%).
Where the listings are in Cong
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 Cong
7% of Cong's tracked listings (12 of 183) 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 12 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 92% of that.
- Professional share
- 7%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 49%
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 51% of Cong's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (18%).
Largest operators in Cong
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 5 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway | 4 | 4.45 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 9,339 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
All 4 professional operators in Cong
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 5 listings
- Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway 4 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Cong among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Cong market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cong compares
Cong ranks 65th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Kilrush 201 listings
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Ballybunion 192 listings
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Monaghan 188 listings
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Cahersiveen 172 listings
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Dunfanaghy 171 listings
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Roscommon 168 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Cahersiveen: Photo: Cahersiveen - geograph.org.uk - 11693 by Andy Stephenson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dunfanaghy: Photo: Dunfanaghy - Main Street (N56) - geograph.org.uk - 1182764 by Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon: Photo: Ros Comáin 1 by Sean an Scuab · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cong market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cong?
Cong has 183 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 134 on Airbnb and 49 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cong?
The largest professional operator in Cong is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 5 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cong short-term rental market?
7% of Cong's tracked listings (12 of 183) 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 12 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 92% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cong?
In Cong, Airbnb leads with 134 tracked listings (73%), 2.7× the 49 on Booking.com (27%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cong?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Cong. 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 183 public short-term rental listings in Cong, 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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