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Killiney
Sign in to saveKilliney () is an affluent coastal suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It lies south of Dalkey, east and northeast of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill, in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within County Dublin. The place grew around the 11th century Killiney Church, and became a popular seaside resort in the 19th century. The area is notable for some famous residents, including two members of U2, and Enya. Killiney is in a civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Rathdown.
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Place details
- Locality
- Killiney
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Suburb
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- Killiney
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- Killiney Beach in 2025. Killiney train station can be seen on the left.
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- Metric
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- 30
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Dublin
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- Local government area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 30
- Image
- Killiney Bay.JPG
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- Commons category
- Killiney
- P12749
- Banyuls-sur-Mer
- native label
- Cill Iníon Léinín
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11 sectionsContents
- Amenities
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- 20th-century development
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Killiney () is an affluent coastal suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It lies south of Dalkey, east and northeast of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill, in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within County Dublin. The place grew around the 11th century Killiney Church, and became a popular seaside resort in the 19th century. The area is notable for some famous residents, including two members of U2, and Enya. Killiney is in a civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Rathdown.
==Amenities== The village centre of Killiney contains a pub, the Druid's Chair. To the north is a hotel, Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel since 1971, and beyond that a small shopping centre established in the 1970s, 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. A Le Chéile Schools Trust school, Holy Child Killiney, is located near the coast.
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