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| KILLINEY AND BALLYBRACK, CO. DUBLIN.- Killiney and Ballybrack are suburbs of Dublin and lie alon its noble bay at the feet of picturesque eminences. The former town takes its name from an ancient church, called in Gaelic Cill-Inghen-Leinin (the church of Lenin's daughters) while Ballybrach, derived from the Gaelic also, means "speckled town." Although the church at Killiney lacks a roof, it is otherwise in a good state of preservation. The village itself has nothing of a particularly striking character to recommend it, but the slopes above it are crowded with pretty villas, from which the grand sweep of "the Bay" can be clearly seen. Ballybrack adjoins Killiney, and nestles at the foot of the third summit of Killiney Hill. Michael Davitt, the celebrated Irish Land League leader and agitator, was a resident of Ballybrack for several years, and dispensed true Irish hospitality to all comers at "Home Rule Cottage," as his house was designated by the Dublin friends and admirers who presented it to him after his release from a long term of imprisonment, incurred because of his devotion to the cause of the people. Professional obligations compel Mr. Davitt to reside mostly in London, with his wife and children, but he still loves Ballybrack "and the sky over it." |
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