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Publication date | Category | Description | Link |
3rd November | Featured article | Updated article on Plasnewyd/Rock Lodge with new information including unique photo of original house, now demolished | Click here |
2nd November | KHS Newsletter | Killiney Historical Society Newsletter for November 2024 | Click here |
3rd October | KHS Newsletter | Killiney Historical Society Newsletter for October 2024 | Click here |
1st October | Featured article | Watch a video of the Cill Iníon Léinín re-opening ceremony which took place on 8th September 2024 | Click here |
3rd September 2024 | KHS Newsletter | Killiney Historical Society Newsletter for September 2024 | Click here |
1st September 2024 | Featured article | Killiney and Malahide – Shared histories | Click here |
1st August 2024 | KHS Newsletter | Killiney Historical Society Newsletter for August 2024 | Click here |
2nd July 2024 | News | Refurbishment works at Killiney Ancient Church – Cill Iníon Léinín | Click here |
28th June 2024 | News | Launch of ‘Abbey Lea – A Killiney History’ by Pippa McIntosh | Click here |
1st June 2024 | Featured article | Edmund Dwyer Gray and the Blue Vein rescue in Killiney Bay, 1868. | Click here |
31st May 2024 | KHS Newsletter | Killiney Historical Society Newsletter for June 2024 | Click here |
30th May 2024 | KHS Article | Photo Gallery of our KILLINEY ON THE MOVE event which took place over the weekend of 25th-26th May | Click here |
21st May 2024 | Notice | KILLINEY ON THE MOVE A celebration of 200 years of transport history in Killiney & Ballybrack. 25th-26th May in Killiney Village, all event free and all welcome. | Click here |
1st May 2024 | Featured article | On Saturday 27th April 2024 An Cathaoirleach Denis O’Callaghan unveiled a memorial bench at Killiney Beach in honour of Killiney resident Louie Bennett (1870-1956). | Click here |
3rd April 2024 | Featured article | ‘Wining, Dining and Dancing in Killiney and Dalkey through the ages’ a talk by Eileen O’Duffy | Click here |
8th February 2024 | Video Presentation | Robert Warren and Queenstown by John Martin | Click here |
1st February 2024 | Featured article | Killiney Hill Park | Click here |
4th January 2024 | Featured article | 9 more houses added | Click here |
8th December 2023 | Presentation | ‘The French are on the Sea’. For those of you who may have missed the recent talk by Pól Ó Duibhir you can watch it here. | Click here |
1st December 2023 | Featured article | 10 Houses added | Click here |
1st November 2023 | Featured article | Abbey Lea (Marino) and it’s Harry Clarke connections, a talk by Pippa McIntosh | Click here |
1st October 2023 | Featured article | The Killiney Castle Estate of Robert Warren 1834-1869 | Click here |
1st September 2023 | Featured article | The Martello towers of Killiney Bay | Click here |
5th August 2023 | Featured article | The houses of Killiney & Balllybrack in 1837 | Click here |
2nd July 2023 | Featured article | The Goodman Family of Loughlinstown | Click here |
1st June 2023 | Featured article | Name changes of Killiney and Ballybrack houses over the years | Click here |
6th May 2023 | Featured article | Features the Killiney houses of the Talbot Estate and provides further information on the history of the Talbot Estate in Killiney and Tasmania. | Click here |
1st April 2023 | Featured article | Montebello. Read Tony Plunkett’s fascinating history of his family connection to the house spanning the years 1868-1918 | Click here |
1st March 2023 | Featured article | The houses and residents of Killiney & Ballybrack in 1858. | Click here |
1st February 2023 | Featured article | The Brack. A film by Michael Nolan and Keith Kelly. | Click here |
30th January 2023 | The Houses | Bellevue Park House. Update to this article includes information from the 1787 Malpas Estate map and an interesting aerial photograph from 1958 just as residential development of the site was commencing | Click here |
29th January 2023 | The Houses | Rochestown House and Domain. An analysis of the 1787 Malpas Estate map showing field names and tenants from this era. | Click here |
10th January 2023 | The Houses | Saintbury on Saintbury Avenue, off Killiney Hill Road is one of the oldest recorded houses in the area and was once the home of the actress Maureen O’Sullivan. | Click here |
9th January 2023 | The Houses | Kilmarnock House on Military Road was previously called Haldane Grange and was known as the Cenacle Retreat House during the 1960’s up to it’s closure in the 1990’s. | Click here |
5th January 2023 | The Houses | Beechwood House, Ballinclea Road. Now demolished this house was in use as a hotel up until 1960 or so. We have updated the article to include a piece on a tragic fire which occurred in the hotel in April 1949 | Click here |
1st January 2023 | Monuments | Killiney Ancient Church – Gravestone Inscriptions | Click here |
1st January 2023 | Monuments | Featured article: Killiney Ancient Church – Cill Iníon Léinín | Click here |
17th December | Monuments | The Druid’s Chair monument. A comprehensive update on the history of this well known local monument raises some interesting questions. | Click here |
17th December | Monuments | Duke of Dorset Monument. Interesting update about the re-cutting of the inscription by Lady Ardilaun in 1905, from an article which appeared in the Irish Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead. | Click here |
12th December | Killiney Strand | Tragic plane crash off Killiney Strand in 1955 | Click here |
1st December 2022 | Featured article | The history behind The Druid’s Chair Public House in Killiney Village | Click here |
28th November | Talk | Pól Ó Duibhir presents his informative and highly entertaining history on the background and implementation of the maritime defences around Killiney Bay in the early 19th century | Click here |
16th November | Talk | Michael McShane gave a presentation on ‘The Merchants, Traders and Inn-Keepers of Killiney Village in bygone times’ on 22nd November in The Druid’s Chair Pub. A video of this talk will appear here in the near future. | Click Here |
1st November | Featured article | The Development of Modern Killiney | Click Here |
24th October | The Houses | ‘Marino/Abbey Lea History and its Harry Clarke Connection’ presentation by Pippa McIntosh held at Abbey Lea on 19th October 2022 | Click here |
24th October | Monuments | Duke of Dorset monument article updated | Click here |
1st October 2022 | Featured article | Abbey Lea previously called Marino | Click here |
1st September 2022 | Featured article | Civil War attacks in Killiney 1922 by Hugh Comerford | Click here |
1st August 2022 | Featured article | My Ballybrack by Pól Ó Duibhir | Click here |
1st July 2022 | Featured article | A History of Killiney Strand | Click here |
20th June 2022 | The Houses | Urney, Killiney Road | Click here |
9th June 2022 | The Houses | Mr. Farrell’s yard & forge, Mountain View | Click here |
7th June 2022 | Contents | Contents page updated | Click here |
3rd June 2022 | Library | The Library section has been updated and additional content made available | Click here |
1st June 2022 | Places of Interest | Niall O’Donoghue and Martello Tower No. 7 | Click here |
31st May 2022 | Reference | D’Alton’s History of the County of Dublin: transcription of sections relating to Rochestown, Killiney and Shanganagh | Click here |
30th May 2022 | The houses | Rochestown House. Additional information from Gaskin’s Irish Varieties of 1878 and other sources. List of occupants over the years added. | Click here |
16th May 2022 | The houses | Buona Vista and Bella Vista post updated to include past residents and further information | Click here |
5th May 2022 | The houses | Ashurst, Military Road, Killiney | Click here |
1st May 2022 | Featured article | Talbot Cottages, Talbot Road, Killiney Village | Click here |
28th April 2022 | The houses | Glenalua Road post updated. Minutes of Killiney & Ballybrack Urban District Council Meetings included concerning construction of the terrace. | Click here |
1st April 2022 | Featured article | Evelyn Wrench: son of Killiney and the postcard business he created by his 21st birthday | Click here |
31st March 2022 | The houses | Killacoona, Military Road aka Holy Child School, Killiney | Click here |
25th March 2022 | The houses | Victoria Castle post updated to include drawings from the Irish Architectural Archive dated 1927 with proposals to replace/reinstate the house after the devastating fire of 1926 | Click here |
9th March 2022 | The houses | Revised and updated: Glenalua Lodge and Glenalua House | |
1st March 2022 | Featured article | War of Independence propaganda in Killiney-1920 | Click here |
16th February 2022 | The houses | Villa Maria. A Frank Lloyd Wright inspired house just off Killiney Hill Road close to the Military Road junction. | Click here |
14th February 2022 | The houses | Killiney Castle updated. Additional notes re Thomas Bourchier and Robert Warren appended | Click here |
9th February 2022 | People | Update on the fatal shooting of William McCabe on Strathmore Road in May 1920 | Click here |
2nd February 2022 | People | Ulysses-the Killiney connection… | Click here |
1st February 2022 | Featured article | Bayview-Killiney Stores | Click here |
27th January 2022 | The houses | Mount Mapas, Victoria Road | Click here |
26th January 2022 | The houses | Kilda Lodge, St. George’s Avenue | Click here |
25th January 2022 | Places of interest | The Kiosk/Kernan’s Corner in Killiney Village | Click here |
1st January 2022 | Featured article | Killiney in 1911. Part 1. Porter’s Post Office Guide and Directory, Killiney & Ballybrack. Part 2. Census of 1911. Part 3. Royal Visit, George V and other stories | Click here |
24th December 2021 | The houses | Clonard, Killiney Avenue | Click here |
23rd December 2021 | Public buildings | Timeline added to history of The Victoria Arms Hotel, Killiney Village. | Click here |
20th December 2021 | The houses | ‘The Whins’, Glenalua Road. This house, built in 1912, has gone through many name changes and is now called ‘The Rocks’. | Click here |
4th December 2021 | New content. Killiney in the snow 2010. | Click here | |
1st December 2021 | Featured article | New content. The rise and fall of Francis Edward DuBedat. | Click here |
1st November 2021 | Featured article | New content. Gone but not forgotten. (Part 1) | Click here |
10th October 2021 | Featured article | New content. Glenalua Terrace. | Click here |
4th August 2021 | The Railway | Update. We have updated the Railway article with evidence of yet another railway station which served the district. It is now long gone with no trace remaining at it’s location at the end of Military Road just opposite the Holy Child School. | Click here |
1st August 2021 | Featured article | New content. Between the Mountains and the Sea by Peter Pearson. A comprehensive overview of the history, places and houses of Killiney with links to supporting articles. | Click here |
20th July 2021 | The houses | New Houses added. Illerton, Undercliff, Fernside, Cliff House (Green Hill) and Padua (Desmond). | Click here |
9th July 2021 | The houses | New content. The Killiney Houses of Deane & Woodward Architects. | Click here |
1st July 2021 | Featured article | New content. A Killiney Schoolboy Remembers. | Click here |
1st June 2021 | Featured article | New content. The Workingmen of Killiney. Petition for the release of Frank DuBédat, 1896. | Click here |
8th May 2021 | The houses | Victoria Castle. Post updated to include Landed Estates Court auction of 1872 and fire of 1926. | Click here |
1st May 2021 | Featured article | New content. Torching of Ballybrack RIC barracks in 1920. | Click here |
7th April 2021 | The houses | Glenalua House. Post updated with additional newspaper articles and a piece on the house being used as the local military headquarters of the Free State army, coming under attack in 1922. | Click here |
6th April 2021 | Search Map updated to include Warren Estate 1872 and Gaynor Estate 1874 map overlays. These Landed Estate Court maps which were prepared for the auction of the bankrupted estates covered most of the Killiney area with the exception of Ballinclea and Rocheshill. | Click here | |
5th April 2021 | The railway | The Railway. Post updated with new maps, photographs, newspaper articles and additional history including the location of Obelisk Hill Station. | Click here |
4th April 2021 | The houses | Glenalua Lodge. Post updated with new photographs and additional history. | Click here |
2nd April 2021 | Featured article | New content. Opening Vico Road. Officially opened to the public in 1889. | Click here |
1st March 2021 | Featured article | Killiney Castle Hotel. | Click here |
1st January 2021 | Featured article | Queenstown. Plans for the development of Killiney Hill Park and the Vico Road in 1840. | Click here |