Cabinteely borders Ballybrack, Carrickmines, Cherrywood, Cornelscourt, Deansgrange, Foxrock, Johnstown, Killiney and Loughlinstown.
[3][4] Excavations between 1957 and 1999 some 700m southeast of Cabinteely suggest that the area was of "considerable status and importance" from the 6th-7th centuries, with possible evidence of a church, ancillary buildings, possible workshops and a cemetery.
[5] Anecdotal evidence suggests that Cabinteely grew up around a tavern (Irish: Cabán tSíle, meaning 'Sheila's Cabin') located at a crossroads on the main road linking Dublin with the South.
[citation needed] Cabinteely sits at the meeting point of the three medieval civil parishes of Tully, Kill and Killiney, in the half-barony of Rathdown.
The ruined 9th century Tully Church and graveyard[6] lies within the modern parish of Cabinteely at Laughanstown.
Two high crosses from the 12th century stand in nearby fields,[7] and a wedge tomb, all protected as National Monuments (#216).
[9][10] William Richard O'Byrne (1823–1896), MP and author of the Naval Biographical Dictionary, owned and lived in Cabinteely House.
[12] Cabinteely was described in the 1837 book, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, as having "several handsome seats [houses]...adorned with thriving plantations and presents many natural beauties".
[citation needed] The four electoral divisions of Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Cabinteely-Pottery are in the Dáil constituency of Dún Laoghaire.
Finnegan's operate a bus service from Bray DART station to the Luas stop in Sandyford, via Cabinteely.
[22] Cabinteely has several shops, including a boutique and estate agency, and several restaurants and cafés, as well as hairdressers, barbers and dental surgery.
Cabinteely's Carnegie library[23] was opened in 1912, and features a tiled roof, copper cupola and leaded windows.