Short-term rentals in Clifden
Clifden has 664 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 383 on Airbnb and 281 on Booking.com. That ranks it 7th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 58% of its listings on Airbnb. 47% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Love Connemara Cottages (139 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 664
- Market rank
- #7 / 83
- National share
- 2.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Clifden
In Clifden, Airbnb leads with 383 listings (58%), versus 281 on Booking.com (42%).
Where the listings are in Clifden
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 Clifden
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 301 local listings between them, and the three largest — Love Connemara Cottages, Connemara Holiday Lettings and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 95% of that. The other 8 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 47%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 28%
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 61% of Clifden's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Clifden
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 | Love Connemara Cottages | 139 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,602 |
| 2 | Connemara Holiday Lettings | 138 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,521 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 10 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 4 | Claddagh Living | 6 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 321 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 6 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Clifden among their markets. See the full interactive Clifden market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Clifden compares
Clifden ranks 7th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 2.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Doolin 833 listings
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Dingle 777 listings
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Wexford 684 listings
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Leixlip 621 listings
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Westport 600 listings
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Cork 578 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Leixlip: Photo: Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland by Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Westport: Photo: Westport bridge IE by Mark Waters · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cork: Photo: Centre, Cork, Ireland - panoramio (5) by K.ristof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Clifden market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Clifden?
Clifden has 664 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 383 on Airbnb and 281 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Clifden?
The largest professional operator in Clifden is Love Connemara Cottages, with 139 local listings.
How professionalised is the Clifden short-term rental market?
47% of Clifden's listings (309 of 664) 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: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 301 local listings between them, and the three largest — Love Connemara Cottages, Connemara Holiday Lettings and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 95% of that. The other 8 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Clifden?
In Clifden, Airbnb leads with 383 listings (58%), versus 281 on Booking.com (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Clifden?
6 named professional operators run listings in Clifden. 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 664 public short-term rental listings in Clifden, 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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