Short-term rentals in Oughterard
Oughterard has 279 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 205 on Airbnb and 74 on Booking.com. That ranks it 43rd of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 73% of its listings on Airbnb. 16% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (14 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 279
- Market rank
- #43 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Oughterard
In Oughterard, Airbnb leads with 205 listings (73%), 2.8× the 74 on Booking.com (27%).
Where the listings are in Oughterard
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 Oughterard
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 10% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 44 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Connemara Holiday Lettings — account for 70% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 16%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 55%
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 58% of Oughterard's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).
Largest operators in Oughterard
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 | 14 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 10 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 3 | Connemara Holiday Lettings | 7 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,521 |
| 4 | Love Connemara Cottages | 6 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,602 |
| 5 | Claddagh Living | 2 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 321 |
| 6 | Travelnest | 2 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 7 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
| 8 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 1 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 380 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Oughterard among their markets. See the full interactive Oughterard market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Oughterard compares
Oughterard ranks 43rd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Donegal 287 listings
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Ennis 282 listings
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Ballina 281 listings
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Dunmore East 277 listings
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Killybegs 265 listings
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Dungarvan 264 listings
Photo credits
- Donegal: Photo: DonegalTown by Kanchelskis · Public domain · 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
- Dunmore East: Photo: Irl DunmoreEast harbour by Paul O'Farrell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killybegs: Photo: Killybegs Harbour 2007 08 21 by Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dungarvan: Photo: Dungarvan ireland harbour by Mik Herman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Oughterard market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Oughterard?
Oughterard has 279 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 205 on Airbnb and 74 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Oughterard?
The largest professional operator in Oughterard is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 14 local listings.
How professionalised is the Oughterard short-term rental market?
16% of Oughterard's listings (46 of 279) 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: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 10% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 44 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Connemara Holiday Lettings — account for 70% of that. 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 Oughterard?
In Oughterard, Airbnb leads with 205 listings (73%), 2.8× the 74 on Booking.com (27%).
How many professional operators run listings in Oughterard?
8 named professional operators run listings in Oughterard. 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 279 public short-term rental listings in Oughterard, 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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