Short-term rentals in Galway
Galway is the 2nd-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 1,712 listings, 70% on Airbnb. 13% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Claddagh Living (47 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,712
- Market rank
- #2 / 83
- National share
- 5.2%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Galway
In Galway, Airbnb leads with 1,196 listings (70%), 2.3× the 516 on Booking.com (30%).
Where the listings are in Galway
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 Galway
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 27% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 7% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 100 local listings between them, and the three largest — Claddagh Living, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and Connemara Holiday Lettings — account for 88% of that. The other 121 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 13%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 40%
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
Apartments & flats make up 37% of Galway's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (27%).
Largest operators in Galway
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 | Claddagh Living | 47 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 445 |
| 2 | Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway | 30 | 4.45 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 9,339 |
| 3 | Connemara Holiday Lettings | 11 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 1,576 |
| 4 | Travelnest | 4 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 5 | Trident Holiday Homes | 4 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 6 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 397 |
| 7 | Love Connemara Cottages | 2 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,561 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Galway among their markets. See the full interactive Galway market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Galway compares
Galway ranks 2nd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 5.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Dublin 5,126 listings
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Killarney 909 listings
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Doolin 842 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
- 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
- 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
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Galway market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Galway?
Galway has 1,712 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,196 on Airbnb and 516 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Galway?
The largest professional operator in Galway is Claddagh Living, with 47 local listings.
How professionalised is the Galway short-term rental market?
13% of Galway's listings (221 of 1,712) 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: 27% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 7% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 100 local listings between them, and the three largest — Claddagh Living, Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway and Connemara Holiday Lettings — account for 88% of that. The other 121 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Galway?
In Galway, Airbnb leads with 1,196 listings (70%), 2.3× the 516 on Booking.com (30%).
How many professional operators run listings in Galway?
7 named professional operators run listings in Galway. 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 1,712 public short-term rental listings in Galway, 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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