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Short-term rentals in Killarney

Killarney has 907 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 600 on Airbnb and 307 on Booking.com. That ranks it 3rd of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 66% of its listings on Airbnb. 6% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 7%, led by Travelnest (15 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
907
Market rank
#3 / 83
National share
2.8%
Named professional operators
7

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Killarney

In Killarney, Airbnb leads with 600 listings (66%), versus 307 on Booking.com (34%).

Where the listings are in Killarney

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 907 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Killarney

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 10% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 50 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 82% of that. The other listing run by operators with 26 or more listings belongs to an operator without a published profile.

Professional share
6%
Median market
7%
Single-listing hosts
50%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 451
  • 2–5 listings 341
  • 6–25 listings 64
  • 26+ (professional) 51

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 44% of Killarney's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (19%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 396
  • Apartments & flats 173
  • B&Bs & guest houses 141
  • Private & shared rooms 123
  • Hotels & hostels 52
  • Unique & outdoor 20
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Killarney

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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Largest operators in Killarney, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Travelnest 15 4.80 / 5 8.9 / 10 6,817
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 13 4.61 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,935
3 Trident Holiday Homes 13 4.48 / 5 8.4 / 10 3,864
4 Mary Mullens Rooms Eyre Square Galway 4 4.45 / 5 7.6 / 10 9,359
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 2 4.57 / 5 8.4 / 10 524
6 Skellig Holiday Homes 2 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 746
7 Your.Rentals 1 4.64 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,583

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Killarney among their markets. See the full interactive Killarney market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Killarney compares

Killarney ranks 3rd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 2.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Killarney market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Killarney?

Killarney has 907 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 600 on Airbnb and 307 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Killarney?

The largest professional operator in Killarney is Travelnest, with 15 local listings.

How professionalised is the Killarney short-term rental market?

6% of Killarney's listings (51 of 907) 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: 10% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 50 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Trident Holiday Homes — account for 82% of that. 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 Killarney?

In Killarney, Airbnb leads with 600 listings (66%), versus 307 on Booking.com (34%).

How many professional operators run listings in Killarney?

7 named professional operators run listings in Killarney. 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 907 public short-term rental listings in Killarney, 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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