For many centuries the major part of the district was the
property of the Talbot de Malahide family, some of the original
followers of the 1170 Norman invasion. The obelisk on top of Killiney Hill
records the famine of 1741 and the relief works made for the poor which include
the obelisk and the many walls which cover the top of the hill. By the 19th
century, the areas to the north and east of the village were owned by Robert
Warren, who developed many of the
