[5] This comparison is reflected in the names of surrounding roads, like Vico, Sorrento, Monte Alverno, San Elmo and Capri.

Leinin, a local chieftain, and his seven daughters, converted to Christianity, and together they went on to found a monastic community at what is now Marino Avenue West.

The family are commemorated in the stained-glass windows of the Church of St Alphonsus and Columba in Ballybrack, just a couple of minutes' walk away.

[citation needed] For many centuries, the major part of the district, including Killiney Hill, was the property of the Talbot de Malahide family, some of the original followers from the 1170 Norman invasion.

By the 19th century, the areas to the north and east of the village were owned by Robert Warren, who developed many of the Victorian residential roads.

[citation needed] This is currently owned by County Donegal-born singer Enya who renamed it after Manderley, the stately house that featured in the 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca.

[citation needed] In the first half of the twentieth century, the Electoral Division of North Killiney still consisted of a small village at its centre and a number of suburban roads lined with large houses.

Killiney's population grew substantially in the decades following the Emergency as the urbanisation of Ireland and the suburbanisation of Dublin progressed.

The population, as recorded by the Census of Ireland, peaked in 1996 at approximately 10,800 and has dropped by about 12% since then, as falling average family sizes have outpaced residential construction.

The 1960s rock band Mellow Candle, originated in Killiney, was formed by students from the Holy Child Convent.