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Name changes of Killiney and Ballybrack houses over the years
27 May 2023 | authorTracing the names of the owners and occupiers of the larger houses of Killiney and Ballybrack is greatly helped by the listings provided in Thom’s and other Directories. However it is not always a simple task.Read More
The Killiney Estate of the Talbots de Malahide
6 May 2023 | authorThis article follows on from a recent talk about the Killiney houses of the Talbot Estate and provides further information on the history of the Talbot Estate in Killiney and Tasmania.Read More
Houses circa 1900
24 April 2023 | authorThis photo was taken circa 1900 and shows many of the grand villas overlooking Killiney Bay.
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Looking back at Killiney
12 April 2023 | authorKilliney Village Residents Association is delighted to announce the return of the historical photographic exhibition which was first presented back in 2015. The exhibition took place over the weekend of 22nd to 23rd April and was held in the Druid’s … Read More
Montebello
1 April 2023 | authorTony Plunkett has written a comprehensive and incredibly well researched history of his family connection to Montebello during the Plunkett/Kirkwood era of 1868 to 1918 Read More
The houses and residents of Killiney & Ballybrack in 1858
1 March 2023 | authorThe 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
The Brack
1 February 2023 | authorThe 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