Short-term rentals in Killarney
Airbnb leads local supply with 66% of tracked listings. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Killarney, with 14 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 909
- Market rank
- #3 / 83
- National share
- 2.8%
- Professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Killarney
In Killarney, Airbnb leads with 599 tracked listings (66%), versus 310 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Killarney
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 Killarney
6% of Killarney's tracked listings (51 of 909) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 10% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 8 indexed professional operators run 52 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 79% of that.
- Professional share
- 6%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 51%
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 44% of Killarney's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (19%).
Largest operators in Killarney
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 | 14 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 14 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 3 | Trident Holiday Homes | 13 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 4 | Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway | 4 | 4.45 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 9,339 |
| 5 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 6 | Skellig Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 489 |
| 7 | Your.Rentals | 2 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 2,095 |
| 8 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
All 8 professional operators in Killarney
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 14 listings
- Travelnest 14 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 13 listings
- Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway 4 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 2 listings
- Skellig Holiday Homes 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 2 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Killarney among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Killarney market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Killarney compares
Killarney ranks 3rd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 2.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Dublin 5,126 listings
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Galway 1,712 listings
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Doolin 842 listings
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Dingle 780 listings
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Wexford 683 listings
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Clifden 675 listings
Photo credits
- Dublin: Photo: Dublin - aerial - 2025-07-07 01 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Galway: Photo: Galwaycitycollage by MaxPride11 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Doolin: Photo: DoolinIreland by Thpohl · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dingle: Photo: Dingle-Skyline-2012 by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wexford: Photo: Main Street Wexford - geograph.org.uk - 316261 by David Staincliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Killarney market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Killarney?
Killarney has 909 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 599 on Airbnb and 310 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Killarney?
The largest professional operator in Killarney is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 14 local listings.
How professionalised is the Killarney short-term rental market?
6% of Killarney's tracked listings (51 of 909) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 10% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 8 indexed professional operators run 52 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 79% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Killarney?
In Killarney, Airbnb leads with 599 tracked listings (66%), versus 310 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Killarney?
8 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Killarney. 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 909 public short-term rental listings in Killarney, 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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