Short-term rentals in Skibbereen
Airbnb dominates local supply with 74% of tracked listings, 2.8× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Skibbereen, with 10 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 304
- Market rank
- #38 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Skibbereen
In Skibbereen, Airbnb leads with 224 tracked listings (74%), 2.8× the 80 on Booking.com (26%).
Where the listings are in Skibbereen
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 Skibbereen
8% of Skibbereen's tracked listings (24 of 304) 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: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 6 indexed professional operators run 25 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and Shamrock Cottages — account for 76% of that.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 63%
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 64% of Skibbereen's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (14%).
Largest operators in Skibbereen
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 | 10 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 6 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 3 | Shamrock Cottages | 3 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 4 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 397 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 6 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
All 6 professional operators in Skibbereen
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 10 listings
- Travelnest 6 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 3 listings
- Dream Ireland Holiday Homes 2 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Skibbereen among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Skibbereen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Skibbereen compares
Skibbereen ranks 38th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Waterford 307 listings
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Mullingar 306 listings
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Navan 304 listings
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Bundoran 299 listings
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Donegal 291 listings
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Oughterard 291 listings
Photo credits
- Waterford: Photo: Waterford by night by Typhoon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mullingar: Photo: Mullingar Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 5027677 by Shaun Nolan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Navan: Photo: MarketSquareNavan by Jtdirl at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bundoran: Photo: Bundoran2 by Chmee2 or Mates · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal: Photo: DonegalTown by Kanchelskis · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oughterard: Photo: Oughterard - Uachtar Ard - geograph.org.uk - 1255097 by Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Skibbereen market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Skibbereen?
Skibbereen has 304 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 224 on Airbnb and 80 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Skibbereen?
The largest professional operator in Skibbereen is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 10 local listings.
How professionalised is the Skibbereen short-term rental market?
8% of Skibbereen's tracked listings (24 of 304) 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: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 6 indexed professional operators run 25 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and Shamrock Cottages — account for 76% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Skibbereen?
In Skibbereen, Airbnb leads with 224 tracked listings (74%), 2.8× the 80 on Booking.com (26%).
How many professional operators run listings in Skibbereen?
6 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Skibbereen. 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 304 public short-term rental listings in Skibbereen, 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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