Short-term rentals in Ballybunion
Ballybunion has 190 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 123 on Airbnb and 67 on Booking.com. That ranks it 63rd of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 12% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Travelnest (9 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 190
- Market rank
- #63 / 83
- National share
- 0.6%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ballybunion
In Ballybunion, Airbnb leads with 123 listings (65%), versus 67 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Ballybunion
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 Ballybunion
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Trident Holiday Homes and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 12%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 67%
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 62% of Ballybunion's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (13%).
Largest operators in Ballybunion
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelnest | 9 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 2 | Trident Holiday Homes | 8 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 2 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Ballybunion among their markets. See the full interactive Ballybunion market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ballybunion compares
Ballybunion ranks 63rd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Leitrim 209 listings
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Kilrush 202 listings
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Ballyshannon 195 listings
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Monaghan 186 listings
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Cong 185 listings
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Roscommon 173 listings
Photo credits
- Leitrim: Photo: Main Street, Leitrim village - geograph.org.uk - 803459 by Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilrush: Photo: Kilrush town centre - geograph.org.uk - 1514885 by Simon Huguet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyshannon: Photo: Ballyshannon by Paul Stokstad · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monaghan: Photo: Monaghan Court House - geograph.org.uk - 167640 by Brian Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cong: Photo: Cong Mayo Main street 2119 by ArséniureDeGallium · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon: Photo: Ros Comáin 1 by Sean an Scuab · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ballybunion market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ballybunion?
Ballybunion has 190 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 123 on Airbnb and 67 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ballybunion?
The largest professional operator in Ballybunion is Travelnest, with 9 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ballybunion short-term rental market?
12% of Ballybunion's listings (23 of 190) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Trident Holiday Homes and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ballybunion?
In Ballybunion, Airbnb leads with 123 listings (65%), versus 67 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ballybunion?
4 named professional operators run listings in Ballybunion. 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 190 public short-term rental listings in Ballybunion, 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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