Short-term rentals in Donegal
Airbnb leads local supply with 57% of tracked listings. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Donegal, with 6 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 291
- Market rank
- #40 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Donegal
In Donegal, Airbnb leads with 167 tracked listings (57%), versus 124 on Booking.com (43%).
Where the listings are in Donegal
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 Donegal
4% of Donegal's tracked listings (11 of 291) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 4 indexed professional operators run 10 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 60%
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 58% of Donegal's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Donegal
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 | 6 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 2 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
All 4 professional operators in Donegal
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 6 listings
- Travelnest 2 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
- Shamrock Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Donegal among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Donegal market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Donegal compares
Donegal ranks 40th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Navan 304 listings
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Skibbereen 304 listings
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Bundoran 299 listings
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Oughterard 291 listings
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Ballina 285 listings
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Ennis 284 listings
Photo credits
- Navan: Photo: MarketSquareNavan by Jtdirl at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Skibbereen: Photo: New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403 by Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bundoran: Photo: Bundoran2 by Chmee2 or Mates · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oughterard: Photo: Oughterard - Uachtar Ard - geograph.org.uk - 1255097 by Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ballina: Photo: Ballina St. Muredach's Cathedral 2013 09 14 by Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis: Photo: Ennis by Bogman · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Donegal market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Donegal?
Donegal has 291 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 167 on Airbnb and 124 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Donegal?
The largest professional operator in Donegal is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Donegal short-term rental market?
4% of Donegal's tracked listings (11 of 291) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 4 indexed professional operators run 10 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Donegal?
In Donegal, Airbnb leads with 167 tracked listings (57%), versus 124 on Booking.com (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Donegal?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Donegal. 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 291 public short-term rental listings in Donegal, 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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