Killiney Church · Photo: Jayteecarrickmines · CC BY-SA 4.0Killiney has 11 buildings on the National Inventory
Killiney has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.3% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1700. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 18 archaeological sites. For every 10,000 residents, Killiney has 11 buildings on the record; the typical town has 48.
typical town: 48
Killiney in old photos
1 old photograph, made before 1950.
c. 1882From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland’s collections (Lawrence, Poole, Eason and others) with no known copyright restrictions. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Killiney’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
12 historic places in Killiney
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
SMR64% of Killiney’s recorded buildings are homes
At the top of the record: Loughlinstown House and Mill House. In second place come churches and chapels, with 2. Killiney has no nationally rated building; its record is regional.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Killiney’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
2 of the 11 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Loughlinstown House, from 1700.
Archaeology in Killiney
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
18 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Martello tower2 records |
| Battery2 records |
| Cross2 records |
| Megalithic structure1 record |
| Ecclesiastical site1 record |
| Church1 record |
| Graveyard1 record |
| Inscribed stone1 record |
| Ritual site - holy tree/bush1 record |
| Font1 record |
| Ecclesiastical enclosure1 record |
| Earthwork1 record |
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
| House - 16th/17th century1 record |
| Megalithic tomb - portal tomb1 record |
Few of Killiney’s homes are newer than 2011: 2.4%, against 5.8%
Against a typical 3.9%, only 2.7% of Killiney’s homes went up between the wars. In most towns 25% of homes were built in the 2000s; in Killiney only 9.6%. Building in Killiney peaked from 1946 to 1980: 42% of the homes now standing.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
4 notable people born in Killiney before 1900
From Washington Matthews (1843) to Enid Starkie (1897): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Killiney → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Killiney and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killiney | 9,776 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 31 | 1 | 66 |
| Shankill | 11,009 | 72 | 1 | 61 |
| Dalkey | 8,275 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 94 | 4 | 5 |
Killiney in brief
Old houses are part of Killiney’s character: 8.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. In all there are 12 places on the record. Of the whole list, 64% are homes. Of the 11 with a date, 9 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Loughlinstown House, from 1700.
Washington Matthews (1843), Walter Starkie (1894) and Enid Starkie (1897) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. The archaeological record adds 18 sites. The rest is about typical: it has 11 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 18); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Killiney’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Killiney?
11 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Killiney?
Loughlinstown House: the first date on its record is 1700.
Are there archaeological sites in Killiney?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 18 archaeological sites inside Killiney.
How old are the homes in Killiney?
8.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).