Short-term rentals in Kilkee
Airbnb leads local supply with 65% of tracked listings. Trident Holiday Homes is the largest professional operator in Kilkee, with 16 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 148
- Market rank
- #74 / 83
- National share
- 0.5%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kilkee
In Kilkee, Airbnb leads with 96 tracked listings (65%), versus 52 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Kilkee
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 Kilkee
20% of Kilkee's tracked listings (30 of 148) 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: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 4 indexed professional operators run 30 local listings between them, and the three largest — Trident Holiday Homes, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Rent an Irish cottage — account for 97% of that.
- Professional share
- 20%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 68%
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 70% of Kilkee's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Kilkee
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 | Trident Holiday Homes | 16 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 7 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 3 | Rent an Irish cottage | 6 | 4.70 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,065 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
All 4 professional operators in Kilkee
Local listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 16 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 7 listings
- Rent an Irish cottage 6 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Kilkee among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Kilkee market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kilkee compares
Kilkee ranks 74th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Castlebar 157 listings
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Dundalk 153 listings
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Portmagee 153 listings
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Renvyle 138 listings
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Spanish Point 131 listings
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Tramore 129 listings
Photo credits
- Castlebar: Photo: Castlebar large view from above by Munifico · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dundalk: Photo: DundalkMontage by Eamoss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portmagee: Photo: Portmagee by Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Renvyle: Photo: From Renvyle, Connemara, July 1997 by Ardfern · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Spanish Point: Photo: Rinn na Spainneach Spanish Point by Javier Mediavilla Ezquibela · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tramore: Photo: Tramore Beach - geograph.org.uk - 834309 by Paul O'Farrell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kilkee market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kilkee?
Kilkee has 148 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 96 on Airbnb and 52 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kilkee?
The largest professional operator in Kilkee is Trident Holiday Homes, with 16 local listings.
How professionalised is the Kilkee short-term rental market?
20% of Kilkee's tracked listings (30 of 148) 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: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 4 indexed professional operators run 30 local listings between them, and the three largest — Trident Holiday Homes, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Rent an Irish cottage — account for 97% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kilkee?
In Kilkee, Airbnb leads with 96 tracked listings (65%), versus 52 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kilkee?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Kilkee. 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 148 public short-term rental listings in Kilkee, 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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