Eco Accommodation in County Kildare: Certified Stays

County Kildare has one independently certified eco property: Killashee Hotel in Naas, which holds Green Tourism Gold with an independently assessed score of 81%. For a county within the Dublin commuter belt and at the heart of the Irish thoroughbred racing industry, Killashee is the verified eco accommodation option.

Killashee Hotel: Green Tourism Gold (81%)

Killashee Hotel in Naas holds Green Tourism Gold certification, independently assessed at an 81% score. Green Tourism Gold is the top tier of the internationally recognised Green Tourism certification programme, aligned with GSTC global sustainable tourism criteria.

The 81% score indicates performance well above the minimum Gold threshold across the full range of sustainability criteria assessed by independent auditors, covering energy management, water conservation, waste reduction, biodiversity management, supply chain sourcing, and community engagement.

Killashee is a 4-star country house hotel and spa set on 140 acres of mature woodland and gardens on the outskirts of Naas. The hotel has 141 rooms and is set within an estate that provides a genuine ecological context for its sustainability programme: the woodland, gardens, and managed estate grounds are central to both the property’s character and its environmental management.

Setting and Landscape

Killashee Hotel occupies an original Victorian country house at the centre of its 140-acre estate. The mature woodland surrounding the house is not landscaping: it is a working ecological asset, managed as part of the hotel’s biodiversity commitments and central to the Green Tourism assessment.

Naas is Kildare’s county town, 30km from Dublin city centre, making Killashee one of the closest certified eco properties to the capital. The Wicklow Mountains are visible to the east, and the Curragh Plain to the southwest.

Kildare: The Irish Thoroughbred Heartland

County Kildare is the centre of the Irish thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. The Curragh, Ireland’s most famous flat racing venue, is 15km from Killashee. The Irish National Stud, a working thoroughbred stud farm, is at Tully, also 15km from the hotel, with the Japanese Gardens on the same grounds.

Punchestown Racecourse is 6km from Killashee and hosts one of the most significant National Hunt racing festivals in the calendar. The Kildare Outlet Village is 10km away for travellers combining a country house stay with retail.

Kildare’s landscape is flatter than the neighbouring counties of Wicklow and Meath, dominated by the Curragh plain and its famous grasslands. The Grand Canal passes through the north of the county, offering a quiet water-based recreation route.

Kildare Within Ireland’s Eco Landscape

Kildare’s position on the Dublin side of the Midlands means it connects the capital’s large certified eco hotel cluster (16 properties) with the Midlands and Wicklow certified options. Wicklow, immediately to the east, has three certified properties including Glendalough Glamping directly in the National Park.

For eco travellers arriving in Dublin and planning to move south or west, Killashee Hotel offers a 30-minute certified eco stop before continuing to Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork, or Kerry.

Find Your Certified Stay in County Kildare

One certified eco property: Killashee Hotel, Green Tourism Gold (81% score), near Naas.

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