A history of people, places and houses
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New book launch. The book is aimed at both the general reader and those with a particular interest in the local history of the area. The time period this work explores extends from the earliest settlement about 5,000BC to the present day, covering Dalkey, Bullock Harbour and Dalkey Island.
We have a number of heritage events taking place in Killiney over this coming August. These events are part of the National Heritage Week programme and the dlr Summer of Heritage schedule.
“Wouldn’t mind being a waiter in a swell hotel. Tips, evening dress, halfnaked ladies. May I tempt you to a little more filleted lemon sole, miss Dubedat? Yes, do bedad. And she did bedad. Huguenot name I expect that. A miss Dubedat lived in Killiney, I remember. Du, de la, French”.
Sign up for our guided trip to Dalkey Island led by Peadar Curran
Our first Journal celebrating the theme of transport in Killiney is now available to purchase at The Red Shop, (Dalkey News) for €10.
Congratulations to our local historian Alice Cullen on winning the National Heritage Week 2024 County Award for her Walking Tours of Historic Killiney Village
We have updated the article on Plasnewyd (now Rock Lodge) with new information which has come to light including a unique photograph of the original house, now demolished.
