Killiney

147 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killiney, from 8 m² to 23,820 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Objective A (Existing residential)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 172 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Objective F (Open space, park)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Objective W (General)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Jul 2026Grant permission

  The adaptation of the existing dwelling house to provide for the adaptation and

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0525/WEB

• 26 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a single story extension to the rear, a hip to gable roof alte

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0370/WEB

• 12 May 2026Refuse permission

  (i) construction of a three-storey over basement level residential apartment bl

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0360/WEB

• 11 May 2026Declare application invalid

  (i) construction of a three-storey over basement level residential apartment bl

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0353/WEB

• 16 Apr 2026Grant permission

  The development that will consist of; 1) The removal of the existing rear conse

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0292/WEB

• 6 Apr 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of: (a) demolition of an external utility room/ st

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0206/WEB

• 31 Mar 2026Declare application invalid

  The development will consist of: (a) demolition of an external utility room/ st

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0184/WEB

• 20 Mar 2026Grant permission

  Development will consist of demolishing existing shed to the side of the existin

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0163

• 12 Mar 2026Grant permission

  The proposal will involve increasing the width of the existing gate entrance, o

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0194/WEB

• 11 Mar 2026Declare application invalid

  Demolishing existing shed to the side of the existing house and replacing with a

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0133

• 13 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention

  Retention of modifications to previously approved plans (Reg. Ref. D19A/0170),

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0097/WEB

• 29 Jan 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a single story extension to the rear, a hip to gable roof alter

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0046/WEB

• 18 Dec 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of a 280sqm first floor extension to the existing

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0982/WEB

• 10 Nov 2025Grant permission

  Demolition of a single storey extension and construction of a replacement 2-sto

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0629/WEB

• 8 Nov 2025Grant permission for retention

  Retention Planning Permission for existing porch to front & balcony, existing b

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0851/WEB

• 9 Oct 2025Grant permission

  The construction of a single storey steel shed structure adjacent to the existin

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0763/WEB

• 24 Sept 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of: a) Demolition of roof dormer, single storey ext

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0733/WEB

• 22 Sept 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of: (i) Erection of a single storey extension to th

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0727

• 11 Aug 2025Grant permission for retention

  Retention Permission for a 9.4 sq.m. shed (for use ancillary to the enjoyment of

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0625/WEB

• 30 Jul 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for alterations to the existing two-bedroom dwelli

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0596

• 25 Jul 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission for a Change of Use from Nursing Home back to original 3-sto

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0589/WEB

• 11 May 2025Refuse permission

  The refurbishment and extension of the second floor accommodation to the existi

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0375/WEB

• 17 Apr 2025Grant permission

  installation of 2 dormer windows set back on existing roof, 2 velux roof lights

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0208/WEB

• 25 Mar 2025Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission to retain and complete the previously granted dwelling reg. ref. D16A

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0230/WEB

• 21 Mar 2025Declare application invalid

  Rory O’Shaughnessy is applying to retain and complete the previously granted dw

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0221/WEB

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dalkey Coastal Zone And Killiney Hill 001206

Recorded monuments

• DU026-010 Megalithic structure
  Description

  This enigmatic structure is located within an area enclosed by a hedge on top of Druid Hill. In the E side of the enclosure are three irregular granite boulders that form a façade behind which is a larger boulder containing a setting of stones that form a seat. To the W of this are two large granite slabs set on their long axis. There are tool marks present. This structure appears to be a folly but it may incorporate the remnants of an earlier monument. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 11 April 2018.

• DU026-011 Martello tower
  Description

  Tara Hill, Killiney Martello Tower and Battery No. 7 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 170) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. Located east of Killiney Hill Road (R119) and is located in an urbanised area of housing. This site dates to post 1700. Tower No. 7 described by Kerrigan (1995, 173) as; 'just under a quarter of a mile inland are tower and battery no. 7, some 250 feet above sea level. Here the tower and battery survive, the three gun battery (of 24-pounders) linked to the tower on the south-east side. Built against the tower and at the rear of the battery is a single-storey structure, covered until recently by a lean-to slate roof. There was access from this building to the first-floor level of the tower by means of a vertical recess within the wall thickness of the tower'. See attached plans of Tara Hill, Killiney Martello Tower No. 9 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119455-009 & IE/MA/MPD/AD119455-010 See attached Taylor's Map showing the location of the Martello Tower and Battery (DU026-012----). Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Photo ©Irlpol https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Killiney_Martello_No7.jpg DU026-011----_04 Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/1995, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

• DU026-011001 Battery
  Description

  Martello Tower (DU026-011----) and battery No. 7 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). Located east of Killiney Hill Road (R119) and is located in an urbanised area of housing. According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Tower and battery No. 7 described by Kerrigan (1995, 173) as; 'just under a quarter of a mile inland are tower and battery no. 7, some 250 feet above sea level. Here the tower and battery survive, the three gun battery (of 24-pounders) linked to the tower on the south-east side. Built against the tower and at the rear of the battery is a single-storey structure, covered until recently by a lean-to slate roof. There was access from this building to the first-floor level of the tower by means of a vertical recess within the wall thickness of the tower' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 January 2023

• DU026-012 Battery
  Description

  Battery No. 8 (Kerrigan 1995, 170), located at the end of Vico Road, overlooking Killiney Bay. Martello Tower (DU026-011----) 460m to SW. Battery was constructed between 1804-05 as part of the Sea Fencibles of the Dublin coastline (Turner 1983, 92-3). Battery described by Kerrigan (1995, 173) as follows; 'situated on a low cliff some fifty feet above sea level and overlooking the beach, was battery no. 8. It was evidently demolished by the railway company in 1868 and was the site for the first Killiney station a few hundred yards north of the present station) where the coast road turns inland'. See attached Taylor's Map showing the location of the Battery and the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

• DU026-013 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Killiney (Ceall Inghean Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery was founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her seven sisters, the daughters of Léinín, who were Machain, Luidhean, Druighean, Luiceall, Rímhtheach, and Brighid. Ó Riain (2011, 57-8) recorded that 'Aighleann reputedly gave birth to three sons of Eacha of Ceinéal Laoghaire (now approximately the Meath baronies of Navan), namely Fiontan of Slanore, Colum (Colmán) of Myshall, and Lughaidh of Teernacreeve. Her feastday and that of her sisters fell on the 6th of March, under the collective name Ingehana Léinín. Her brother Colmán, son of Léinín was patron of the church and diocese of Cloyne (CO088-019006-), Co. Cork and of Kilmaclenine church (CO024-052005-). Her sister Brighid, was patron of Teampall Brighde (CO017-101004-) in Buttevant, Co. Cork and Britway (CO045-08802-), Co. Cork. The medieval church ruins (DU026-013001-) of Killiney and the graveyard (DU026-013002-) stands on the site of this 6th-century monastery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 March 2021

• DU026-013001 Church
  Description

  Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her sisters, church ruins (DU026-013001-) in Killiney graveyard (DU026-013002-), Co. Dublin. Killiney church ruins (DU026-013001-) standing in Killiney graveyard (DU026-013002-) are located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. This well preserved building comprises a church of nave and chancel type with a N aisle added in the late medieval period. The church is dedicated to the daughters of the 6th-century Saint Lein. The walls survive to full height and are built of coursed granite blocks with dressed granite quoins. Entered through a W doorway in the nave which is flat-headed with a Latin cross inscribed on the soffit of the lintel. The interior of nave (int. dims L 6.17m, Wth 3.92m) is lit by a single mullioned window in the S wall and an ope at the W end of the N wall. The chancel arch is round with inclined jambs and leads into a small chancel (int. dims L 3.45m, Wth 2.86m) which is lit by a square-headed opening with perpendicular jambs and an ope in the E side of the S wall. There is a cavity in the NE corner of the N wall. The N aisle is entered through a pointed arched doorway (int dims L 4.30m; Wth 3.64m-3.69m). Its interior is lit by a round-headed E window and two narrow opes in the N wall. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 31 March 2023

• DU026-013002 Graveyard
  Description

  Killiney graveyard site is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. According to Wakeman (1892, 102) the cemetery was originally enclosed by an earthen rath, which was replaced by the present stone boundary wall (DU026-013008-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 31 March 2023

• DU026-013003 Inscribed stone
  Description

  The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. There is a Latin cross inscribed on the soffit of the lintel of the W doorway of the nave. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU026-013004 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Wakeman (1892, 101-103) describes a 'boreen' that once provided access to the church at Killiney. On the left hand side of this 'boreen' he describes a cairn, or altar, by which stood an old thorn tree. This was considered to be sacred by the local population. There is no trace of this tree. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU026-013005 Font
  Description

  Killiney church ruins are located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. Medieval baptismal font of Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín/church of the seven daughters of Léinín) monastery founded in the 6th-century by its patron saint Aighleann and her sisters, now standing inside the church ruins (DU026-013001-) in Killiney graveyard (DU026-013002-), Co. Dublin. Remains consist of a roughly circular-shaped or bowl-shaped granite font (diam. 0.46m) standing on the floor of the N aisle of the medieval church of Killiney. To see a 3D model of this font, visit: https://skfb.ly/oEzyU Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 31 March 2023

• DU026-013006 Cross
  Description

  The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. This is one of two granite crosses attached to the N wall of the church. It is the upper portion of a cross. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU026-013007 Cross
  Description

  The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. This is one of two granite crosses attached to the N wall of the medieval church. It has short projecting arms and a splayed shaft. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU026-013008 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The church is located on the Marino Avenue West, leading E off Killiney Hill road. According to Wakeman (1892, 102) the cemetery was originally enclosed by an earthen rath, which was replaced by the present stone boundary wall. This may indicate the former presence of an ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU026-014001 Martello tower
  Description

  Loughlinstown Martello Tower and Battery No. 6 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 174) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. The Martello tower [aka Enoch Tower] dates to post-1700 AD and it is located in a coastal location, close to a beach. The property is called Granagh. The tower is built of granite with a doorway in the W and a marked string course. It is accessible from beach and it has a two storey addition with a turret. There is another Martello tower in view to the NE on Dalkey Island. See attached plan of Loughlinstown Martello Tower and Battery No. 6 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119455-002 See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

• DU026-014002 Earthwork
  Description

  The earthwork and associated martello tower are located in a coastal location, close to a beach. There is a bank shown to the east of the Martello tower and this bank is also likely to date to post-1700 AD. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killiney.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3337 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Killiney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Killiney · Cill Iníon Léinín

Area

1,085,602 m² (108.56 ha, 268.26 acres)

Civil parish

Killiney, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Killiney North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killiney North electoral division: 3,390 people in 1,228 households; 87% of households own their home; 10% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrack, Hackettsland, Kilbogget, Rocheshill, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas

Placenames

Killiney on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.