Short-term rentals in Kenmare
Airbnb leads local supply with 66% of tracked listings. Dream Ireland Holiday Homes is the largest professional operator in Kenmare, with 52 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 460
- Market rank
- #12 / 83
- National share
- 1.4%
- Professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kenmare
In Kenmare, Airbnb leads with 305 tracked listings (66%), versus 155 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Kenmare
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 Kenmare
20% of Kenmare's tracked listings (90 of 460) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 8 indexed professional operators run 89 local listings between them, and the three largest — Dream Ireland Holiday Homes, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Rent an Irish cottage — account for 87% of that.
- Professional share
- 20%
- 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 66% of Kenmare's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (16%).
Largest operators in Kenmare
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 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 52 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 397 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 19 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 3 | Rent an Irish cottage | 6 | 4.70 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,065 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 6 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 6 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 7 | Travelnest | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 8 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 2,095 |
All 8 professional operators in Kenmare
Local listings
- Dream Ireland Holiday Homes 52 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 19 listings
- Rent an Irish cottage 6 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 6 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 2 listings
- Travelnest 1 listing
- Your.Rentals 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Kenmare among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Kenmare market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kenmare compares
Kenmare ranks 12th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Cork 616 listings
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Westport 611 listings
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Kilkenny 474 listings
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Sligo 458 listings
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Buncrana 436 listings
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Limerick 428 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Kilkenny: Photo: Killkenny City by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sligo: Photo: Sligo-03-Garavogue River-Glasshouse-2017-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Buncrana: Photo: Buncrana - geograph - 746502 by Ross · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limerick: Photo: King John's Castle Limerick (13th century) by MonikaKub · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kenmare market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kenmare?
Kenmare has 460 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 305 on Airbnb and 155 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kenmare?
The largest professional operator in Kenmare is Dream Ireland Holiday Homes, with 52 local listings.
How professionalised is the Kenmare short-term rental market?
20% of Kenmare's tracked listings (90 of 460) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 8 indexed professional operators run 89 local listings between them, and the three largest — Dream Ireland Holiday Homes, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Rent an Irish cottage — account for 87% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kenmare?
In Kenmare, Airbnb leads with 305 tracked listings (66%), versus 155 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kenmare?
8 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Kenmare. 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 460 public short-term rental listings in Kenmare, 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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