Killiney Cill Iníon Léinín | |
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 Killiney Beach in 2025. Killiney train station can be seen on the left. | |
  Killiney Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°15′54″N6°06′49″W / 53.2651°N 6.1137°W /53.2651; -6.1137 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Local government area | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Urban | 10,600 |
| Eircode (routing key) | A96 |
| Area code | 01 (+3531) |
| Irish Grid Reference | O240261 |
Killiney (Irish:Cill Iníon Léinín, meaning 'church of the daughters of Léinín') is an affluent coastalsuburb on thesouthside ofDublin, Ireland. It lies south ofDalkey, east and northeast ofBallybrack andSallynoggin and north ofShankill, in thelocal government area ofDún Laoghaire–Rathdown withinCounty Dublin. The place grew around the 11th centuryKilliney Church, and became a popular seaside resort in the 19th century. The area is notable for some famous residents, including two members ofU2, andEnya. Killiney is in acivil parish of the same name, in thebarony of Rathdown.[1]
The village centre of Killiney contains a pub, the Druid's Chair. To the north is a hotel,Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel since 1971,[2] and beyond that a small shopping centre established in the 1970s,[3] and nearer Ballybrack some further retail facilities. Between the hotel and the café are two churches, one Church of Ireland, and one a secondary Catholic church or chapel, open briefly weekly. ALe Chéile Schools Trust school, Holy Child Killiney, is located near the coast.[citation needed]
Killiney Hill Park was opened in 1887 as Victoria Hill, in honour ofQueen Victoria's 50 years on the British throne; its lands were once part of the estate ofKilliney Castle, now Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel. The park has views ofDublin Bay, Killiney Bay, Bray Head and the mountain ofGreat Sugar Loaf (506 m), stretching from theWicklow Mountains right across toHowth Head. The Park's topography is steep, and its highest point, at the obelisk, is 170 metres above sea level. Near one entrance are tea rooms around a 19th-century tower.[citation needed]
Other attractions include Killiney Beach and other beach sections to its north, one with a coffee van, Killiney Golf Club, aMartello Tower, and the ruins ofCill Iníon Léinín, the church around which the original village was based. There is parking for the beaches in two locations, one near the DART station,[citation needed] and a public right-of-way runs from Vico Road across a dedicated bridge over the railway and down to a northern stretch of Killiney Strand and Vico Baths.[4]
The coastal areas of Killiney are often compared to theBay of Naples inItaly.[5] This comparison is reflected in the names of surrounding roads, like Vico, Sorrento, Monte Alverno, San Elmo and Capri.[5] On clear days, theMourne Mountains ofCounty Down can be seen. Since early 2010, a pod of bottlenose dolphins has been seen occasionally in Killiney Bay.[citation needed]
The village of Killiney takes its name from the site of the Nuns' Abbey. Leinin, a local chieftain, and his seven daughters, converted to Christianity, and together they went on to found a monastic community at what is now Marino Avenue West. The family are commemorated in the stained-glass windows of the Church of St Alphonsus and Columba in Ballybrack, just a couple of minutes' walk away. Although the establishment of the first church dates back to the sixth century, the current roofless ruin at its location dates from the 11th century; this tiny chapel marks the historical centre of Killiney village, and can still be viewed today.[citation needed]
For many centuries, the major part of the district, including Killiney Hill, was the property of theTalbot de Malahide family, some of the original followers from the 1170 Norman invasion. The obelisk on top of Killiney Hill records the famine of 1741 and the relief works made for the poor which include the obelisk and the many walls which cover the top of the hill. By the 19th century, the areas to the north and east of the village were owned by Robert Warren, who developed many of the Victorian residential roads. The Warrens also sold the land required to extend theDublin and Kingstown Railway to Killiney and ultimatelyBray.[citation needed]
Killiney beach was a popular seaside destination for Dubliners, and John Rocque's 1757 map shows bath-houses near White Rock, on Killiney Beach. The coastline became even more popular once the railway opened, and the opening of Victoria Park in 1887 and of Vico Road in 1889 appear to have increased this popularity further.Victoria Castle (later renamed Ayesha Castle) was also built in honour ofQueen Victoria, marking her accession to the throne.[citation needed] This is currently owned byCounty Donegal-born singerEnya who renamed it after Manderley, the stately house that featured in the 1938 Daphne du Maurier novelRebecca.[citation needed]
Killiney remained a near-rural area from 1900 until the late 1940s, despite its proximity toDublin city. From the early 1960s, the economy began to expand, causing Dublin's outer suburbs to extend as far as Killiney.[citation needed]
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In the first half of the twentieth century, the Electoral Division of North Killiney still consisted of a small village at its centre and a number of suburban roads lined with large houses. A few modest cottages were occupied by working-class locals and bohemian residents such asGeorge Bernard Shaw, whose house, Torca Cottage, is close to the boundary withDalkey.
South Killiney consisted of farmland, uncultivated hillside and woodland, a few large country houses (Ballinclea House, in particular, owned by theTalbot de Malahide family[6] destroyed by fire in the early 1970s, and Rochestown House, near to the contemporary Killiney Shopping Centre), the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, and Killiney Golf Club, a nine-hole course founded in 1903.
Killiney's population grew substantially in the decades followingthe Emergency as the urbanisation of Ireland and the suburbanisation of Dublin progressed. The main divisions of the area locals might identify would be Killiney Hill Park (with the hotel and churches), Roche's Hill (locally called Mullins' Hill), Killiney village itself, North Killiney (Cluny Grove, Killiney Road, Ballinclea), and the cluster of roads on the seaward slopes of Killiney Hill - Killiney Hill Road, Marina Road West, Victoria Road, Strathmore Road and Vico Road. Much of the area is developed with two-storey housing, at average densities of 10 to 30 houses per hectare.[citation needed] To the south of Killiney lies the suburban estates of Seafield Court and Bayview, which were constructed in the mid-1980s.
The population, as recorded by the Census of Ireland, peaked in 1996 at approximately 10,800 and has dropped by about 12% since then, as falling average family sizes have outpaced residential construction.[citation needed]
The area is served by the 59 bus route operated byGo-Ahead Ireland (previouslyDublin Bus) which runs hourly from Killiney Village to Marine Road,Dún Laoghaire. The journey takes 25 minutes.
AnAircoach service starting at Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel links Killiney withDublin Airport every hour, 24 hours a day.
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Killiney railway station, served by theDART, is located on Station Road.[7]
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Killiney is one of Dublin's most exclusive residential areas. Its notable residents include U2 membersBono andthe Edge. Former racing driverEddie Irvine is also occasionally seen in Killiney. ActorAllen Leech was born in Killiney, as was radio presenterPaddy O'Byrne. SingerEnya lives inManderley Castle in Killiney. GardenerAlice Lawrenson lived in Killiney in the 1800s.
The 1960s rock bandMellow Candle, originated in Killiney, was formed by students from the Holy Child Convent.
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