Killiney History

Featured Article. The houses and residents of Killiney & Ballybrack in 1858... 1 March 2023 | author

The Houses 10 January 2021 | author

Search Map 14 April 2021 | author

The Railway 1 December 2020 | author

Places of Interest 11 January 2021 | author

Latest News 5 March 2023 | author

Killiney in 1911 31 December 2021 | author

The houses and residents of Killiney & Ballybrack in 1858

1 March 2023 | author

The arrival of the Railway in Killiney in 1854 greatly improved travel time to the city, reducing it to about 25 minutes. This heralded an explosion of residential and commercial development in the area and led to significant changes in the road layouts. Read More

Ballybrack Featured Article General

The Brack

1 February 2023 | author

The Brack is a social history of the south county Dublin suburb of Ballybrack. It tells the story of its people from the time it was a small rural village on the edge of Dublin through the development of the thousands of local authority houses in the 1970s and 80sRead More

The Houses

Rochestown House

29 January 2023 | author

Rochestown House, had it survived, would almost certainly have had the distinction of being the oldest house in Killiney. It stood almost exactly on the path of Avondale Road, not far from the present Killiney shopping centre,Read More

Killiney Hill Road The Houses

Saintbury

10 January 2023 | author

‘I loved the house the first day I saw it and felt the house loved me. It was a beautiful old house built in 1898, long and sprawling, turreted at either end, nearly 400 feet above Killiney Bay and with a view over the Vale of Shangannagh and the north Wicklow hills.’Read More

Military Road The Houses

Kilmarnock House

9 January 2023 | author

Kilmarnock, on Military Road, belonged to the Talbot Crosby family of Ardfert Abbey, County Kerry, until the 1940s. More recently it was known as the Cenacle Retreat House, during which period a large residential block was built to the rear.Read More

Killiney Ancient Church – Cill Iníon Léinín

1 January 2023 | author

It seems appropriate that any account of Killiney should begin with a description of the venerable building from which it derives its name and identity.Read More

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