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Houses circa 1900
24 April 2023 | authorThis photo was taken circa 1900 and shows many of the grand villas overlooking Killiney Bay.
Read MoreLooking 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 … 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
Rochestown House
29 January 2023 | authorRochestown 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
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
Kilmarnock House
9 January 2023 | authorKilmarnock, 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 | authorIt 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