Killiney Cill Iníon Léinín
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53.2651° N 6.1137° W
Statistics
County:	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Elevation:	30m
Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:	10,600 n/a

Killiney Bay from Vico Baths. Irelandscape

Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín in Irish, meaning "church of the daughters of Leinin") is a township in south County Dublin, Ireland on the outskirts of Dublin city. The area is by the coast, south of neighbouring Dalkey, and north to Shankill area in the most southern outskirt of Dublin. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... GPS satellite in orbit, image courtesy NASA The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, is the only fully-functional satellite navigation system. ... The island of Ireland is divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced cun-day), the Republic of Ireland is made up of 26 of these; Northern Ireland is comprised of the remaining six. ... Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland forming part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Image File history File links Killiney_bay. ... Image File history File links Killiney_bay. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2002) 1,122,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city of... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Dalkey Hill Dalkey (Deilginis in Irish) is a town in southern County Dublin. ... Shankill is a suburb at the southern boundary of County Dublin, Ireland. ...

Killiney Hill Park was opened in 1887 in honour of Queen Victoria's 50 years on the throne. The park boasts magnificent views of Dublin Bay, Killiney Bay, Bray Head and the mountain of Great Sugar Loaf (506 m), stretching from the Wicklow Mountains right across to Howth Head. The Park's topography is quite dramatic. Its highest point, at the obelisk, is 170 metres above sea level. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ... Dublin Bay is a bay off the east coast of Ireland. ... The Wicklow Mountains are a range of mountains in the south-east of Ireland. ... Howth cliffs Howth Head (Ceann Binn Éadair in Irish) is a headland in north County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton and Portmarnock. ...

Other major and minor attractions include Killiney Beach, Killiney Golf Club, a local Martello Tower, and the ruins of Cill Iníon Léinín, the church around which the original village was based. Martello towers are small defensive forts built by the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. ...

The coastal areas of Killiney are often favourably compared to the Bay of Naples in Italy. This comparison is reflected in the names of surrounding roads, like Vico, Sorrento, Monte Alverno, San Elmo, and Capri. On clear days, the Mourne Mountains of County Down can be seen, although this is less and less frequent due to air pollution. The park was once part of the estate of Killiney Castle, now a hotel. Gulf of Naples is located in Southern Italy. ... The granite Mountains of Mourne are located in the first proposed national park of Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ...

Killiney is one of Dublin's most exclusive residential areas. Famous residents include, Bono, The Edge, Pat Kenny, Enya, Van Morrison and many other celebrities. Killiney is also home to a number of foreign ambassadors to Ireland. For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... Dave Howell Evans (born August 8, 1961, Barking, East London, England) stage name The Edge, is the lead guitarist of the Irish rock band U2. ... Pat Kenny Third and current presenter of the long-running Late Late Show on RTÉ Pat Kenny (born January 29, 1948) is the presenter of Irelands The Late Late Show, the worlds longest running chat show[citation needed], which is broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann. ... Enya, birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicised Enya Brennan; born May 17, 1961), is the Republic of Irelands best-selling solo artist and one of Irelands best known musicians. ... George Ivan Van Morrison (born August 31, 1945) is a singer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

Until the late 1940s Killiney was a near-rural area, despite its proximity to Dublin city, It consisted of a small village at its center and a number of suburban roads lined with predominantly large houses. A few modest cottages were occupied by bohemian residents such as George Bernard Shaw, whose house, Torca Cottage, is close to the boundary with Dalkey. Killiney's population grew substantially in the decades following The Emergency as the urbanization of Ireland and the suburbanization of Dublin progressed. The main sub-districts most locals will identify are Mullin's Hill, Victoria (or Killiney) Hill, Killiney Village, Cluny Grove, Killiney Road, Ballinclea, Killiney Hill Road, and the Vico Road. The last six of these areas are developed, most frequently with two-story housing, at average densities of 10 to 30 houses per hectare. The population, as recorded by the Census of Ireland, peaked in 1996 at approximately 10,800 and has fallen by about 12% since then, as falling average family sizes have outpaced residential construction. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... George Bernard Shaw (George) Bernard Shaw[1] (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1938 for Pygmalion. ... Dalkey Hill Dalkey (Deilginis in Irish) is a town in southern County Dublin. ... The Emergency was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government (of the State now known as the Republic of Ireland) during the 1940s to refer to its position during World War II. The State was officially neutral during World War II and in government media, direct references to the...

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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External links

• Killiney railway station
• 62nd Infantry Battalion - (Unofficial Website of the local Army Reserve unit)
• Vico Baths on Irelandscape
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Sources

• The History of Killiney Hill Park Dunlaoghaire-Rathdown County Council
• Carrickmines Castle, the Vale of Shanganagh, Dalkey, Killiney and Ballybrack Hills (Waybackmachine archive link)