General
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
Tragic plane crash in Killiney Bay on 15th July 1955
12 December 2022 | authorWhile hundreds of people on the beach at Killiney, Co. Dublin, watched a low-flying plane, it crashed into the sea 200 yards from the shore, killing one man and injuring another.Read More
The French are on the Sea
28 November 2022 | authorPól Ó Duibhir presents his informative and highly entertaining history on the background and implementation of the maritime defences along Killiney Bay in the early 19th centuryRead More
Killiney in the snow 2010
4 December 2021 | authorA selection of photos taken around Killiney in 2010 and a few seasonal newspaper cuttings from days gone by….Read More
A KILLINEY SCHOOLBOY REMEMBERS
2 July 2021 | authorThe recollections of Arthur Haughton who was born in 1903 and who lived in the area for all of his life is a fascinating record of many aspects of daily life and local history which would otherwise be lost forever.Read More
Queenstown
28 December 2020 | author‘South View of Queenstown from Killiney Bay proposed to be built on the Obelisk Hill of Killiney near Kingstown in the County Dublin’ by Joseph Patrick Haverty 1840 Article from The Irish Penny Journal 5th June 1841
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The Railway
1 December 2020 | authorWhen the line opened on 10th July 1854 there were two stations serving the area; Ballybrack station off the end of the military road; and Obelisk Hill perched half way up a cliff in Mr. Warren’s Deerpark.Read More