Short-term rentals in Kilkenny
Airbnb leads local supply with 65% of tracked listings. Professional operators have only a small footprint in Kilkenny: the largest, Travelnest, runs 4 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 474
- Market rank
- #11 / 83
- National share
- 1.4%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kilkenny
In Kilkenny, Airbnb leads with 310 tracked listings (65%), versus 164 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Kilkenny
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 Kilkenny
2% of Kilkenny's tracked listings (9 of 474) 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 9 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 89% of that.
- Professional share
- 2%
- 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 41% of Kilkenny's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (18%).
Largest operators in Kilkenny
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 | Travelnest | 4 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 2 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 3 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
All 4 professional operators in Kilkenny
Local listings
- Travelnest 4 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 2 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Kilkenny among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Kilkenny market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kilkenny compares
Kilkenny ranks 11th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Leixlip 632 listings
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Cork 616 listings
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Westport 611 listings
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Kenmare 460 listings
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Sligo 458 listings
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Buncrana 436 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Kenmare: Photo: Kenmare by Alison at English Wikipedia · Public domain · 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
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Kilkenny market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kilkenny?
Kilkenny has 474 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 310 on Airbnb and 164 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kilkenny?
Professional operators have only a small footprint in Kilkenny. The largest local presence is Travelnest, with 4 listings.
How professionalised is the Kilkenny short-term rental market?
2% of Kilkenny's tracked listings (9 of 474) 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 9 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 89% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kilkenny?
In Kilkenny, Airbnb leads with 310 tracked listings (65%), versus 164 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kilkenny?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Kilkenny. 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 474 public short-term rental listings in Kilkenny, 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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