Which towns in Co. Kildare flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Leixlip (19), Celbridge (15), Straffan (10), Maynooth (10), Athy (10). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Co. Kildare hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Co. Kildare

Flood risk in Co. Kildare: 135 recorded floods around 44 towns

135 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 44 towns in Co. Kildare. 38 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

135

recorded flood events within 2 km of 44 town centres (OPW)

38/44

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Co. Kildare has flooded

Across 44 towns in Co. Kildare, the OPW register holds 135 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 78, low lying land 31, other 17. The towns with the longest record:

Leixlip	19 events
Celbridge	15 events
Straffan	10 events
Maynooth	10 events
Athy	10 events
Kilcock	9 events
Station Road	5 events
Newbridge	5 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Co. Kildare

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Kildare

Co. Kildare is in the pyrite belt. Houses built roughly 1997 to 2013 with hardcore from the affected quarries may have heave in floors; the Pyrite Resolution Board ran the remediation scheme. The report flags the build years and the scheme for the exact house.

Flood risk by town in Co. Kildare

Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Kildare flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Leixlip (19), Celbridge (15), Straffan (10), Maynooth (10), Athy (10). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Kildare hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.