Short-term rentals in Skibbereen
Skibbereen has 295 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 223 on Airbnb and 72 on Booking.com. That ranks it 39th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 76% of its listings on Airbnb. 8% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (8 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 295
- Market rank
- #39 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Skibbereen
In Skibbereen, Airbnb leads with 223 listings (76%), 3.1× the 72 on Booking.com (24%).
Where the listings are in Skibbereen
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 Skibbereen
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 23 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 83% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 59%
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 63% of Skibbereen's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).
Largest operators in Skibbereen
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 | 8 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | Travelnest | 6 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
| 5 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 1 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 380 |
| 6 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.64 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 1,583 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Skibbereen among their markets. See the full interactive Skibbereen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Skibbereen compares
Skibbereen ranks 39th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Letterkenny 303 listings
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Navan 299 listings
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Bundoran 295 listings
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Donegal 287 listings
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Ennis 282 listings
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Ballina 281 listings
Photo credits
- Letterkenny: Photo: Letterkenny Town View by DevelopedMadness~commonswiki · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Navan: Photo: MarketSquareNavan by Jtdirl at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bundoran: Photo: Bundoran2 by Chmee2 or Mates · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- 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
Browse the full Ireland city directory or the Ireland market report .
Skibbereen market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Skibbereen?
Skibbereen has 295 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 223 on Airbnb and 72 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Skibbereen?
The largest professional operator in Skibbereen is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 8 local listings.
How professionalised is the Skibbereen short-term rental market?
8% of Skibbereen's listings (25 of 295) 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: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 23 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Travelnest and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 83% 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 Skibbereen?
In Skibbereen, Airbnb leads with 223 listings (76%), 3.1× the 72 on Booking.com (24%).
How many professional operators run listings in Skibbereen?
6 named professional operators run listings in Skibbereen. 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 295 public short-term rental listings in Skibbereen, 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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