Dalkey Killiney Hill Dublin Ireland 1900 Antique Print

A black & white print, rescued from a disbound book from 1900 called Round Our Coasts, with another picture on the reverse side.

Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30cm x 23.5cm.

Actual picture size is approx 10" x 7" or 25.5cm x 17.5cm.

This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description.

All prints will be sent bagged and in a tube, large letter size box or board backed envelope for protection in transit.

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

DALKEY FORMERLY the property of the Warren family, Killiney Hill, shown in our picture, was purchased by public subscription in commemoration of the late Queen Victoria's Jubilee, and opened as a public park. It may well be believed that the summit of the hill, which is nearly 500 feet in height, affords an exceptionally grand and comprehensive view. The town of Dalkey, to which the hill appertains, is beautifully situated on a projection of the
coast a few miles south of Dublin. Now one of Ireland's most prominent seaside resorts, it was in the Middle Ages a place of strength and importance; but its stronghold, the Castle, in the main thoroughfare, is now devoted to the more prosaic purposes of the town administration. In the same street are the ruins of an old church. Lying off Sorrento Point, where there are many fashionable residences, and at a distance of less than a mile, is Dalkey Island, formerly fortified and held by the Danes. There still remain upon it a small ruined Church of the Benedictines and a Martello Tower. The island is distinguished as having been the seat of the "Kingdom of Dalkey," the farcidal ceremonies of which were actually reported in the daily papers of the time—the latter end of the eighteenth century. The so-called king held his court here amid much rejoicing and festivity. The last "king" was a bookseller named Armitage, and his coronation was attended by 20,000 persons. Lord Clare suppressed the custom in the year 1797. A visit to Killiney Church should not be omitted by the antiquary, this primitive building possessing many characteristics of early Irish architecture.