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Killiney Hill Park
1 February 2024 | authorThe recent opening of the upgraded entrance to Killiney Hill Park prompted us to delve into the history of the park and to record here the other milestones which form the early history of the hill and surrounding district, in particular the official opening of Victoria Park (as it was then known) in 1887. Read More
9 more houses added January 2024
4 January 2024 | authorHolding pages for 9 houses with Thom’s Directory listings have been added this month. Further information will follow in due course.Read More
10 Houses added
30 November 2023 | authorHolding pages for 10 houses with Thom’s Directory listings have been added this month. Further information will follow in due course. If you have any information you would like to share on these houses please contact us.Read More
Abbey Lea (Marino) and it’s Harry Clarke connections
31 October 2023 | authorKilliney featured as part of this year’s Dublin Festival of History. You can watch a video recording of Pippa McIntosh’s talk on the history of Abbey Lea (Marino) and it’s Harry Clarke connections here.Read More
The Killiney Castle Estate of Robert Warren 1834-1869
1 October 2023 | authorThis video presentation is based on a talk delivered by Michael McShane to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in The Royal Marine Hotel on 20th September 2023. The presentation focuses on the Killiney estate of Robert WarrenRead More
The Martello Towers of Killiney Bay
1 September 2023 | authorThe towers were conceived as an interdependent network and the loss of one affects the whole network. Sadly, many of the emplacements, between towers and batteries, in Killiney Bay are no longer with us. But there is enough there to recreate the network in our minds with a bit of imagination.Read More
Killiney & Ballybrack houses in 1837
5 August 2023 | authorThis article explores the earliest houses of Killiney and Ballybrack as existing in 1837. This snapshot in time records the status of development prior to the coming of the railway which changed sleepy old Killiney forever.Read More
The Goodman Family of Loughlinstown
2 July 2023 | authorThe Goodmans acted as “warden of the marches” protecting the southern border of the Pale from raids and incursions of the Wicklow Septs, the O’Byrnes and the O’Tooles.Read More