Short-term rentals in Donegal
Donegal has 287 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 167 on Airbnb and 120 on Booking.com. That ranks it 40th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 58% of its listings on Airbnb. 4% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (6 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 287
- Market rank
- #40 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Named professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Donegal
In Donegal, Airbnb leads with 167 listings (58%), versus 120 on Booking.com (42%).
Where the listings are in Donegal
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 Donegal
The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — run 9 local listings between them. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 57%
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 57% of Donegal's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Donegal
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 | 6 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 2 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Donegal among their markets. See the full interactive Donegal market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Donegal compares
Donegal ranks 40th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Navan 299 listings
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Bundoran 295 listings
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Skibbereen 295 listings
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Ennis 282 listings
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Ballina 281 listings
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Oughterard 279 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Skibbereen: Photo: New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403 by Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis: Photo: Ennis by Bogman · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ballina: Photo: Ballina St. Muredach's Cathedral 2013 09 14 by Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Donegal market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Donegal?
Donegal has 287 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 167 on Airbnb and 120 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Donegal?
The largest professional operator in Donegal is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Donegal short-term rental market?
4% of Donegal's listings (11 of 287) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — run 9 local listings between them. 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 Donegal?
In Donegal, Airbnb leads with 167 listings (58%), versus 120 on Booking.com (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Donegal?
3 named professional operators run listings in Donegal. 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 287 public short-term rental listings in Donegal, 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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