Short-term rentals in Clonakilty
Clonakilty is the 25th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 341 listings, 71% on Airbnb. 6% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (12 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 341
- Market rank
- #25 / 83
- National share
- 1.0%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Clonakilty
In Clonakilty, Airbnb leads with 243 listings (71%), 2.5× the 98 on Booking.com (29%).
Where the listings are in Clonakilty
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 Clonakilty
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 13% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 19 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Shamrock Cottages — account for 95% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 6%
- 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 60% of Clonakilty's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Clonakilty
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 | 12 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 3 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 4 | Travelnest | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Clonakilty among their markets. See the full interactive Clonakilty market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Clonakilty compares
Clonakilty ranks 25th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.0% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Kinsale 362 listings
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Belmullet 350 listings
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Dungloe 349 listings
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Kildare 341 listings
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Cavan 338 listings
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Carrick-on-Shannon 336 listings
Photo credits
- Kinsale: Photo: Kinsale (4693044621) by Christopher Michel · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Belmullet: Photo: Belmullet festival by Bugfingers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dungloe: Photo: Anclochanliath by MaxPride · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kildare: Photo: St Brigid's Cathedral Kildare - geograph.org.uk - 250948 by Vivienne Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cavan: Photo: Cavan - aerial - 2025-12-26 06 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carrick-on-Shannon: Photo: The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon - geograph.org.uk - 209499 by Brian Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Clonakilty market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Clonakilty?
Clonakilty has 341 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 243 on Airbnb and 98 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Clonakilty?
The largest professional operator in Clonakilty is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 12 local listings.
How professionalised is the Clonakilty short-term rental market?
6% of Clonakilty's listings (21 of 341) 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: 13% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 4 named professional operators run 19 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Shamrock Cottages — account for 95% 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 Clonakilty?
In Clonakilty, Airbnb leads with 243 listings (71%), 2.5× the 98 on Booking.com (29%).
How many professional operators run listings in Clonakilty?
4 named professional operators run listings in Clonakilty. 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 341 public short-term rental listings in Clonakilty, 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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