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Short-term rentals in Oughterard

Airbnb dominates local supply with 72% of tracked listings, 2.6× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Oughterard, with 14 local listings.

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Tracked listings
291
Market rank
#41 / 83
National share
0.9%
Professional operators
9

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Oughterard

In Oughterard, Airbnb leads with 210 tracked listings (72%), 2.6× the 81 on Booking.com (28%).

Where the listings are in Oughterard

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.

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Market structure in Oughterard

14% of Oughterard's tracked listings (42 of 291) 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: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 9 indexed professional operators run 45 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Connemara Holiday Lettings and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 62% of that.

Professional share
14%
Median market
7%
Single-listing hosts
56%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 164
  • 2–5 listings 72
  • 6–25 listings 13
  • 26+ (professional) 42

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 58% of Oughterard's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 167
  • B&Bs & guest houses 38
  • Apartments & flats 35
  • Private & shared rooms 31
  • Unique & outdoor 13
  • Hotels & hostels 5
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Oughterard

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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Largest operators in Oughterard, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 14 4.61 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,838
2 Connemara Holiday Lettings 8 4.83 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,576
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 6 4.62 / 5 8.8 / 10 411
4 Love Connemara Cottages 5 4.74 / 5 8.6 / 10 1,561
5 Shamrock Cottages 4 4.52 / 5 — 46
6 Claddagh Living 2 4.68 / 5 8.3 / 10 445
7 Dream Ireland Holiday Homes 2 4.86 / 5 9.2 / 10 397
8 Travelnest 2 4.83 / 5 8.7 / 10 7,009
9 Trident Holiday Homes 2 4.47 / 5 8.4 / 10 3,887

All 9 professional operators in Oughterard

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Oughterard among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Oughterard market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Oughterard compares

Oughterard ranks 41st of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Oughterard market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Oughterard?

Oughterard has 291 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 210 on Airbnb and 81 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Oughterard?

The largest professional operator in Oughterard is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 14 local listings.

How professionalised is the Oughterard short-term rental market?

14% of Oughterard's tracked listings (42 of 291) 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: 30% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 9 indexed professional operators run 45 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Connemara Holiday Lettings and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 62% of that.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Oughterard?

In Oughterard, Airbnb leads with 210 tracked listings (72%), 2.6× the 81 on Booking.com (28%).

How many professional operators run listings in Oughterard?

9 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Oughterard. 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 Oughterard, 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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