[3] The area, sometimes described as a twin of, and sometimes as part of, Deansgrange, is 5 miles southeast of Dublin.

[4] Kill of the Grange lies 1.7 km (1.1 mi) inland, on the south side of Dublin Bay.

In modern times it is mostly made up of housing developments, within one of which the historic church site lies.

The area is home to a number of historic houses, including Kill Abbey, which was originally built in 1595 by John Usher.

[7] The site was part of the possessions of the Priory of the Holy Trinity (later Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) and their records give a vivid picture of the 14th-century monastic site at Clonkeen / Kill o' the Grange, describing the construction of a kiln house with thatched roof and wattle and daub walls, and the grange itself being built from timber bought from the native Irish (probably in the Dublin Mountains).