The Earliest Railways of Dalkey and Killiney.

Co. Dublin – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
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19 August 2025
Overview

The Kingstown-Dalkey Atmospheric Railway was the earliest railway connection to Dalkey and officially opened on 29th March 1844. It was another ten years before the line was extended to Killiney and beyond. This talk by Michael McShane, chair of Killiney Historical Society, sets out the background to the arrival of the railway and the interesting history of its evolution dating back to the opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway in 1834.

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Co. Dublin – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

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