[2] Some Irish government departments have their offices on this street but Leinster House, the current seat of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), built by Richard Cassels in 1745 is Kildare Street's most important building.

[2] In 1969, the Irish government announced it would be building the largest office block built in Dublin to that date on a plot of land on Kildare Place behind the Shelbourne Hotel.

The plan was to build an 8-storey block providing the Department of Agriculture with 4 acres of office space.

Named Agriculture House, it was designed by Stephenson Gibney and Associates.

It is constructed using Armagh limestone aggregate which helped the building sit in its surroundings.