Introduction

The 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. The first Killiney Station, Obelisk Hill Station, was located just below the pedestrian bridge leading to White Rock beach. This only survived for a few years before being relocated to the bottom of Strathmore Road which was a much more accessible location. The original Ballybrack Station was located at the bottom of Military Road where it meets Seafield Road near Holy Child School. Due to poor access this stop was also relocated to the lower end of Seafield Road before both stations were combined at the current Killiney/Ballybrack Station location in 1882.

Up to this stage development had been mostly limited to Killiney Hill Road which was the main thoroughfare in the area. The number of houses in the 1858 Post Office Directory was just 33 for Killiney and 32 for Ballybrack. By 1868 the figures had nearly doubled to 59 and 63 respectively. In this article we have transcribed the lists and where house names have changed the current name is provided. Houses highlighted in the list have corresponding articles on this website which give further detail on both the houses and the residents. As time allows further articles will be made available, any information would be greatly appreciated.

Listings from The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar for 1858

Killiney

Occupant	House name as listed	Current name (if changed)
Allen, Captain Luke	Saintbury
Boylan, Geo. esq.	Wellington House	Balure
Byrne, Mr. John	Shanganagh Terrace
Cheator, J. esq.	Marino	Abbey Lea
Clarke, Andrew, esq.	The Diamond	Killiney Village
Clarke, John, grocer, tea, wine, and spirit merchant, and letterreceiver	Post Office	Killiney Village
Comyns, J. R. esq.	Eagle lodge	Later Urney and now Gleneagles
Dobbs, Wm. C. M.P.	Ashurst, and 21 Fitzwilliam place
Dowling, William D. esq.	Ivy lodge
Fagan, The Misses	Uplands
Farrell, Michl. farrier	Mountain View (no longer exists)	Mr. Farrell’s Yard & Forge
FitzGerald, John, esq.	The Grove
Fitzgerald, The Right Hon. John D. M. P. Attorney General for Ireland	Kilmarnock
Gaynor, Captain	Killiney House
Hasler, Frederick H. H M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. medical attendant	Killiney Dispensary
Hasler, Fred. M.D. surgeon.	Belair
Huddleston, J. A. esq.	Merton Lodge (no longer exists)	Ballycarbery
Jebb, Robert, esq. counsel to Inland Revenue and Customs	Desmond, and 80 Middle Abbey-street	Padua
Jones, H. Montray, esq.	Bellvue Park
Keogh, Mr. Christr.	Seaview Cottage	?
Killiney Coast Guard Station
Larney, B.	Victoria Tavern	Killiney Village
McGrath, Geo. esq.	Kilmore Cottage
McGuire, F.	Erin Cottage	?
Mackie, Thomas, esq.	Park	Killiney Park House
Mullin, Miss	Woodbine cottage
O’Hara, William, esq.	Druid lodge
O’Neill, Colonel	Fortal
Parker, Frederick Saintbay, esq. J.P.	Saintbury	Saintbury
Parry, Captain Neville	The Cottage	St. Mary’s
Robinson, Samuel, esq.	Spring Hill	?
Robinson, The Misses
Russell, Mr. John teacher	School
Sheills, Charles, esq.	Anglesea (no longer exists)
Sleater, Rev. Charles	Temple Ville
Stanley, Mr. Patrick	Dorset lodge	St.Declans
Talbot, The Hon. Richard	Ballinclea
Turner, John	Vintner	Killiney Village
Warren, Greaves S. solicitor	? and 40 Rutland-square
Warren, Robert, solicitor	Killiney Castle, and 40 Rutland-square, west
Warren, Robert, jun. bar. J.P.	Victoria Castle, and 40 Rutland-square, west	Ayesha Castle
Warren, Rev. Saml. P.	Killiney Castle, and 39 Rutland-square
Waterhouse, Samuel, esq.	Glenalua	Glenalua Lodge
Waterhouse, Mrs. G.	Kilmore House

Ballybrack

Occupant	House name as listed	Current name (if changed)
Alley, George esq.	Clarina Cottage
Atkinson, The Misses	Firgrove
Atkinson, Miss	3 Shanganagh Terrace
Barnes, Captain William	Edenhill
Betham, Miss	Martello Lodge
Boylan, George, esq.	Wellington House	Balure
Byrne, Mrs. Rose	Edenville
Casey, P. Grocer
Cavanagh, Mr. Bartholomew	Cavanagh Cottage
Charles, Lieutenant R.N.
Farrell, Mr. Luke	Percy Lodge
Ferguson, Hugh, esq.	Cottage
Field, William, grocer	Rose Cottage
Fleming, Richard, car owner
Fitzgerald, Right Hon John David QC MF Attorney General	Kilmarnock	Haldane Grange
Harold, Rev. Jn. RCC	Eden Hill Cottage
Hone, Brindley solicitor and proctor
Hurley, W., grocer & letter receiver
Jameson, Thos, sol. clerk of the crown & returning officer for county Carlow	Ballybrack Lodge later known as Egremont and now called Ballinacor House	Ballinacor House
Kavanagh, Thomas, poulterer
Mackie, Thomas, esq.	Rockfield
Serjeant Berks, gunner in charge	Martello Tower	Martello Tower No.7
Milling, William, esq.	Streamville
Mooney, Mr.	Ballybrack House
Moyston, Thomas, crown solicitor
Murphy, Edward, esq.	Edwardville	Mafra
Murphy, Michael, esq.	St. Germans	Obelisk Cottage
Murphy, Mr. Thos. W.	Rainsford lodge
O’Connor, C.A. esq.	Lotavilla
Patten, William, esq.	Streamville Cottage
Pilkington, George, esq.	Albany
Reilly, James, Mr.	Wyattville and Laurelville
Reily, John, provision dealer
Rooney, James, Alderman & merchant	Victoria Lodge
Seed, Stephen, esq. crown solicitor for Meath and Kildare	Sarahville	Moorefield
Sleater, Charles, Rev. perpetual curate (Killiney Church) of Cabinteely	Templeville
Stanley, Mr. Patrick
Stanley, Thomas, car owner
Symes, A.S., commandr, RN
Toole, Joseph, esq.
Turner, John, vintner
Waldron, Lawrence, bar. MP JP	Ridge Hall
Walpole, Edward, esq.	Evergreen	Cedar Lodge?
West, James, esq.	Ballybrack Grove	Shanganagh Grove