Killiney Hill Road
Templeville
Thom’s Directory listings here
Abbey Lea (Marino) and it’s Harry Clarke connections
Killiney 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.
Montebello
Tony 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
Saintbury
‘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.’
Abbey Lea, previously Marino
Abbey Lea has been the residence of the Australian Ambassador to Ireland since 1965 – more than half its life. Formerly known as Marino, the house was rebuilt and remodelled following a fire in 1909.
Villa Maria
The render atmosphere – all Wrightian vertical setsquare lines and yellow grass and exotic plants – feels light and airy. Optimistic. American. The crisp geometric angles of the form are reminiscent of Frank LLoyd Wright’s Californian Mayan works, but floating.