Short-term rentals in Doolin
Doolin is the 4th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 842 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 11% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Rent an Irish cottage (51 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 842
- Market rank
- #4 / 83
- National share
- 2.6%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Doolin
In Doolin, Airbnb leads with 555 listings (66%), versus 287 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Doolin
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 Doolin
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 12% of Airbnb listings and 10% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 59 local listings between them, and the three largest — Rent an Irish cottage, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 98% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 11%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 53%
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 47% of Doolin's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (20%).
Largest operators in Doolin
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 | Rent an Irish cottage | 51 | 4.70 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,065 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 5 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 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 Doolin among their markets. See the full interactive Doolin market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Doolin compares
Doolin ranks 4th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 2.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Dublin 5,126 listings
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Galway 1,712 listings
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Killarney 909 listings
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Dingle 780 listings
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Wexford 683 listings
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Clifden 675 listings
Photo credits
- Dublin: Photo: Dublin - aerial - 2025-07-07 01 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Galway: Photo: Galwaycitycollage by MaxPride11 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killarney: Photo: Killarney - Street Scene - geograph.org.uk - 661593 by Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Doolin market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Doolin?
Doolin has 842 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 555 on Airbnb and 287 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Doolin?
The largest professional operator in Doolin is Rent an Irish cottage, with 51 local listings.
How professionalised is the Doolin short-term rental market?
11% of Doolin's listings (96 of 842) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 12% of Airbnb listings and 10% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 59 local listings between them, and the three largest — Rent an Irish cottage, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 98% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Doolin?
In Doolin, Airbnb leads with 555 listings (66%), versus 287 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Doolin?
4 named professional operators run listings in Doolin. 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 842 public short-term rental listings in Doolin, 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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