Killiney Hill

Killiney Hill stands in the former townland of Mount Mapas, or Scalpwilliam, first mentioned under that name in the beginning of the 17th century.

Former residents included Captain Edward Maunsell, who served as the High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1755, followed by Colonel the Hon.

The park is crossed by a number of walking tracks, and with views in all directions, is used by walkers and hikers from the surrounding areas.

In early times this area was included in the lands of Rochestown and Dalkey Commons and belonged for many centuries to the Norman family of Talbot (the same Talbot of Malahide Castle) and through them the property passed eventually to Colonel John Malpas who, in the early eighteenth century, built a brick house for himself at Rochestown.

The Dublin and Wicklow Railway opened the station one year after constructing their line from Dún Laoghaire to Bray in 1854.