Killiney
Killiney is an affluent coastal suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland.
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.
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Worth seeing in and around Killiney
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Manderley Castle
Manderley Castle, formerly "Victoria Castle" and "Ayesha Castle," is a large castellated Irish mansion built in Victorian style, in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned by the musician Enya since 1997.
300 m · castle in Ireland · Wikipedia - 02James Joyce Tower and Museum
The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The opening scenes of his 1922 novel Ulysses take place here, and the tower is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.
2.6 km · museum in Dublin, Republic of Ireland · Wikipedia - 03Killiney Hill
Killiney Hill is the southernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay, the other being Dalkey Hill. These two hills form part of Killiney Hill Park.
100 m · 153m high mountain in Ireland · Wikipedia - 04Dalkey Hill
Dalkey Hill is the northernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay. Dalkey Hill is 140 metres high and has views over the surrounding areas : Dublin to the northwest; the Irish Sea and the mountains of Wales to the east and southeast; and Bray Head and the Wicklow Mountains to the south.
900 m · Hill in Ireland · Wikipedia - 05National Maritime Museum of Ireland
The National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Moran Park, located between the seafront and the centre of Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. President Michael D. Higgins officially re-opened the museum in 2012.
3.3 km · maritime museum in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia - 06St. Paul's Church, Dublin
St. Paul's is a former church building of the Catholic Church sited on Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland.
2 km · church in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia - 07Killiney Church
Killiney Church is an ancient church in County Dublin, Ireland.
1.2 km · church ruin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland · Wikipedia - 08Tully Church
Tully Church is an ancient church in County Dublin, Ireland.
3.3 km · church in Ireland, Ireland · Wikipedia - 09Killiney Castle
Killiney Castle, also known as Mount Malpas, Rocksborough, or Loftus Hill, and now known as Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, is an 18th-century manor house near Killiney in County Dublin, Ireland. The castle was converted into a hotel, which has been open since 1971.
500 m · castle in Ireland from the 13th century · Wikipedia - 10County Hall, Dún Laoghaire
County Hall, formerly known as Dún Laoghaire Town Hall, and before that, Kingstown Town Hall, is a municipal facility in Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
3.5 km · building in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Killiney
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 21 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 134 km · Belfast (BFS), 155 km
- Stations
- Killiney railway station, 1.1 km · Dún Laoghaire railway station, 3.6 km · Dalkey railway station, 1.4 km · Glenageary railway station, 1.9 km · Shankill railway station, 3.2 km
- Charlestown → Killiney57 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · $7–9
- Shannon → KillineyTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Killiney3 km · quickest by road, 11 min · €0.5
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Killiney
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Killiney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFour mainline trains per day pass through without stopping on the way to Dublin Connolly from Wicklow, Wexford and Rosslare (for ferries to Wales): change at Bray for these.
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Next door to Killiney
Killiney is 12 km from Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cabinteelysuburb of Dublin, Ireland2.4 km
- Sandycovesuburb in Leinster, Ireland2.3 km
- Glasthulesuburb of Dublin in Leinster, Ireland2.5 km
- Loughlinstownsuburb of Dublin, Ireland2.1 km
- Deansgrangesuburb of Dublin, Ireland3.6 km
- Sallynogginsuburb in Leinster, Ireland2.4 km