[citation needed] The area is well served by a number of different transport links,[2] with Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland running the 7, 7A, 7B, 45, 45A, 45B and 111 services from the city centre and Dun Laoghaire town centre which serves the locality.

Killiney DART station (originally Killiney and Ballybrack station, until 1921) is a 12-minute walk from the village and the Luas Green line stops at Cherrywood and Brides Glen are a 20-minute walk and both serve the city and a number of southside suburbs.

The area is also served by a nearby co-educational secondary school, St Laurence College.

The soccer club provides football for boys and girls at all levels of ability, and at ages from seven to eighteen years in the areas of Ballybrack, Cabinteely and Shankill.

The football club is open five nights a week and at the weekends provides recreation and leisure activities.

Every year the club plays host to a mini-World Cup tournament for all children of the local community.