Short-term rentals in Downings
Downings is the 54th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 229 listings, 67% on Airbnb. 10% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (18 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 229
- Market rank
- #54 / 83
- National share
- 0.7%
- Named professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Downings
In Downings, Airbnb leads with 153 listings (67%), 2× the 76 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Downings
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 Downings
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and holidaycottages.co.uk — run 21 local listings between them. The other listing run by operators with 26 or more listings belongs to an operator without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 10%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 52%
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 77% of Downings' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (13%).
Largest operators in Downings
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 | 18 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway | 2 | 4.45 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 9,339 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Downings among their markets. See the full interactive Downings market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Downings compares
Downings ranks 54th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.7% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Athlone 246 listings
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Enniscrone 238 listings
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Cashel 232 listings
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Falcarragh 228 listings
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Louisburgh 228 listings
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Drogheda 224 listings
Photo credits
- Athlone: Photo: Athlone Ireland and river Shannon by Deadstar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Enniscrone: Photo: Bathing Terrace at Inishcrone - geograph.org.uk - 1054939 by Owen Doody · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cashel: Photo: Cashel by Kweedado2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Falcarragh: Photo: Falcarraghcrossroads by Chech Explorer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Louisburgh: Photo: Louisburgh 01 by Postdlf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Drogheda: Photo: Drogheda, Ireland by Pixie~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Downings market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Downings?
Downings has 229 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 153 on Airbnb and 76 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Downings?
The largest professional operator in Downings is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 18 local listings.
How professionalised is the Downings short-term rental market?
10% of Downings' listings (22 of 229) 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: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and holidaycottages.co.uk — run 21 local listings between them. The other listing run by operators with 26 or more listings belongs to an operator without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Downings?
In Downings, Airbnb leads with 153 listings (67%), 2× the 76 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Downings?
3 named professional operators run listings in Downings. 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 229 public short-term rental listings in Downings, 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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