February 14th, 1742 witnessed Colonel John Mapas ordering construction of Killiney Hill's iconic obelisk during one of Ireland's harshest winters, employing hundreds of starving laborers whose crops had been destroyed by the "forgotten famine" of 1740-41. This act of compassi…
Killiney is a small place in County Dublin. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.