2026 in Kildare so far
Kildare opened 2026 with two cost rental schemes in January: Tuath’s second phase at Stradowe Meadows in Athy, 24 one and two-beds from €970, and Clúid’s The Grange on the Celbridge Road in Maynooth, 11 two-beds at €1,650. Since then it has been re-lets, one home at a time: a three-bed at Walker’s Gate in Kildare Town (€1,272, February), a three-bed at Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip (€1,372, July) and one and two-beds at The Paddocks in Morristown, Newbridge (€1,093, July and August). The Paddocks is the county’s largest cost rental development at 250 homes, so single re-lets there will keep appearing.
On the purchase side Kildare County Council sold 12 three and four-beds at Stradowe Meadows in Athy (from €312,000, March) and on 6 August advertised 24 one, two and three-beds at Barracksfield West in Naas from €243,477, with applications closing 15 September. Kildare counts as outside Dublin for cost rental, so the income limit is €59,000 net even in Leixlip and Maynooth, and rents at Leixlip schemes run close to Dublin levels; the 35% rule bites harder here than the headline limit does. Earning under the council threshold? Check the social housing income limits for Kildare.
Written from the schemes listed on this page. Updated Tue 8 Sept 2026.