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Killiney (Irish: Cill Iníon Léinín, meaning 'church of the daughters of Léinín') is an affluent suburb in the southern coastal part of County Dublin, Ireland.It lies south of Dalkey, east and northeast of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill.
An obelisk on Killiney Hill bears the inscription: "Last year being hard with the poor, walks about these hills and this were erected by John Mapas, June 1742." Killiney Hill (Irish: Cnoc Chill Iníon Léinín) is the southernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay, the other being Dalkey Hill.
Dalkey Hill Dalkey Hill is the northernmost of the two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay (the other being Killiney Hill). 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 (on a clear day) to the east and southeast; and Bray Head and the Wicklow Mountains to the south. Dalkey Hill and ...
North Killiney was a distinct area of South Dublin around the Killiney Hill and Dalkey Quarry area. It includes the old 1970's flats off the Glenageary road, Killiney Towers. This area which has recently been developed includes the places Barnhill Road, Avondale Crescent, South Killiney Road, Springhill Park, Cluny Grove and Ballenclea Heights.
Dalkey lies by the coast, between Dún Laoghaire (and Sandycove and Glasthule), Glenageary and Killiney.Off the coast are Dalkey Island (up to the 18th century, also "St. Begnet's Island"), Malden Rock, Clare Rock, Lamb Island, and, further offshore, The Muglins, which have their own lighthouse.
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Dalkey granite is known for its hardness when compared to other granites, being "as hard as iron" according to Jim Murphy, a Dublin stonecutter interviewed in 1976. [3]: 37:52 According to engineer John Hussey, Dalkey granite is an "engineering granite", suitable for the construction of harbours, breakwaters, lighthouses and slipways.