Originally part of the Molesworth fields, or Lands of Tib and Tom and known as Coote Lane and then Coote Street until 1753. It was later renamed after the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare and Leinster who built Leinster House as their townhouse in 1745.
| Year | Architect | Building |
| 1745 | Richard Cassels | Leinster House |
| 1860 | Sir Thomas Newenham Deane & Benjamin Woodward | Kildare Street Club |
| 1885 | Sir Thomas Newenham Deane & Sir Thomas Manley Deane | National Museum of Ireland |
| 1885 | Sir Thomas Newenham Deane & Sir Thomas Manley Deane | National Library of Ireland |
| 1939-42 | J.R. Boyd Barrett | Department of Commerce |