Short-term rentals in Buncrana
Buncrana is the 14th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 436 listings, 68% on Airbnb. 6% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (14 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 436
- Market rank
- #14 / 83
- National share
- 1.3%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Buncrana
In Buncrana, Airbnb leads with 297 listings (68%), 2.1× the 139 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Buncrana
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 Buncrana
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 12% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 93% of that.
- Professional share
- 6%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 58%
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 Buncrana's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (18%).
Largest operators in Buncrana
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 14 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 10 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 3 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Buncrana among their markets. See the full interactive Buncrana market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Buncrana compares
Buncrana ranks 14th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Kilkenny 474 listings
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Kenmare 460 listings
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Sligo 458 listings
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Limerick 428 listings
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Wicklow 417 listings
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Killorglin 412 listings
Photo credits
- Kilkenny: Photo: Killkenny City by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
- Limerick: Photo: King John's Castle Limerick (13th century) by MonikaKub · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow: Photo: Wicklow - aerial - 2026-01-01 03 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killorglin: Photo: Killorglin Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 16036 by Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Buncrana market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Buncrana?
Buncrana has 436 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 297 on Airbnb and 139 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Buncrana?
The largest professional operator in Buncrana is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 14 local listings.
How professionalised is the Buncrana short-term rental market?
6% of Buncrana's listings (28 of 436) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 12% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 93% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Buncrana?
In Buncrana, Airbnb leads with 297 listings (68%), 2.1× the 139 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Buncrana?
4 named professional operators run listings in Buncrana. 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 436 public short-term rental listings in Buncrana, 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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