Killester Garden Village Committee

29/10/2026

A well known Killester man and community activist. Rest in peace Joe.

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The death has occurred of Joseph (Joe) Redmond of Killester, Dublin Ireland, on 26/10/2026. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

28/10/2026

Update on our Old Gas Lamps project!💡

Thanks to the professionalism from Petrus and colleagues at Danann Ltd. the old gas lamps will given a new lease of life very soon. Antique style lamps have been sourced and restoration works of the metal frames is underway. This is a real community effort and there is great community spirit with this project as there so many excited to see the lamps back in action!

We are now working on sourcing some bulbs and connected solar panels to power and light the lamps after decades of being unlit.

You can see here below in the photograph of what's left of the original gas lamp 🔦

On a separate matter, but related we have also contacted Dublin City Council again about reinstalling the missing lamp to the 'Three Lamps of Killester' at the main junction at Killester Village as seen below too. It has been missing since 2022.

Hopefully all these lamps will be lit for Christmas! 🤝

We will annonce the reinstatement of the old gas lamps at the old entrance to the Demesne and Killester Garden Village once everything is completed 📌

19/10/2026

History in the making!

Today the old gas lamps of the entrance to the Demesne, Killester Garden Village have been removed and are heading for refurbishment thanks to Mr. Aaron Crampton (Killester Garden Village Committee) Mr. Vinny Greene, Mr. David McKay (Danann Ltd.) and his two tradesmen Dairies and Petrus from Danann Ltd. seen here who done the heavy work! 👏💡

The majority of the old nuts and bolts came off fine after some lubricants were applied by our committee during the week and then with the help of some heating today. We also reached out to Gas Networks Ireland to ensure the gas pipes were decommissioned which they confirmed they were. The old gas pipes were then disconnected today and followed by some hedge cutting and then some manual labour both metal frames were taken down from the pillars where they will be sent to a specialist for refurbishment. In the meantime we will look to source two antique style lamps to reinstate to the top of the two metal frames.

Two solar bulbs will then be added to these antique style lamps and then the metal frames will be refurbished and reattached to the pillars of the Demesne with some discrete solar panels which will hopefully power the lights back on to the entrance of the Demesne after decades of the old gas lamps being off!

Thank you to both homeowners for their support with this project.

This is a fine example of community pride in our built heritage and community in general and it wouldn't be possible without the support of Vinny and David and his experts from Danann 🤝

19/10/2026

REMINDER: The annual local Killester Remembrance Ceremony is taking place on Saturday 7th November at 12pm at the Legion Hall at Abbeyfield Green, Killester.

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr. Alison Fields will be in attendance.

This ceremony will mark Armistice Day with community ceremonies taking place nationwide.

Locally we remember the hundreds of WW1 ex-servicemen of the Killester Garden Village and those who later served or fell in WW2 from Killester.

An Act of Remembrance will take place. Wreaths and flowers will be laid, a Lone Piper will be present along with Bugler from the Army No. 1 Band. Standards (Flags) are welcome and Veterans/Regimental dress can be worn as there will be a Guard of Honour with both Irish and British veterans/associations.

Tea, coffee and cakes will be available afterwards at the Killester Sports and Social Club. Come along for a chat and brew.

This is an outdoor event so please be prepared. Parking is available at Hadden Park. Community Gardaí will be in attendance.

Thank you to all those who support us and to the various buisnesses/clubs that support this local Remembrance Ceremony.

Lest we forget.

18/10/2026

UPDATE: We are delighted to announce that we have received funding for the project of reinstating and conservation of the historic green nameplate signs (Cló Gáelach) into the Killester Garden Village from Member First Credit Union and we have also applied for funding from The Heritage Council 👏

We are also working with Dublin City Council Conservation Section with this project 👏

If you anyone wishes to support or assist please email us at: [email protected]

Dublin City Council - Clontarf Dublin City Council Heritage Office Dublin Civic Trust

12/10/2026

Did you know during WW2 in Killester the Superintendent of the Killester Estate and old Killester Horticulture Society encouraged the mass growing of food for emergencies 🪏

11/10/2026

Heritage Trail 🪧

Fancy learning about the history and heritage of Killester from everything such as the Killester Garden Village which is a WW1 ex-servicemens estate to transport history, family history, local history, military history, built heritage, football history, gardening and horticulture and much more well how about take a walk around the veterans estate and visit the various heritage signs and history boards 📌🏡🎖

1. Killester Heritage Sign at Middle Third Green by Dublin City Council and Killester Garden Village Committee.

2. Killester Past Tracks Sign at Killester DART Station, The Demesne by Irish Rail and Killester Garden Village Committee.

3. Legion Hall History Board at the Legion Hall, Abbeyfield Green by the Killester Garden Village Committee.

4. Hadden Park History Board at the Killester Sports and Social Club, Hadden Park by the Killester Garden Village Committee.

Dublin City Council - Clontarf Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail Irish Fit Coach Killester Donnycarney Football Club

10/10/2026

Today the Killester Garden Village Committee in association with the Killester Donnycarney Football Club and Hadden Family unveiled a new history board about Staff Sergeant Bill Hadden M.M. formerly of 77 Abbeyfield who Hadden Park is named after at the Killester Sports and Social Club.

Staff Sergeant Bill Hadden M.M. was a Dubliner who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1 and served mainly in France. He was awarded the Military Medal as he tended to injured soldiers under enemy fire during the war. Bill married Mary Hadden who was a Nurse and they settled in Abbeyfield in the 1920s with their children. Bill worked as a Civil Servant in the Department of Agriculture for the rest of his working life. Bill was a prominent WW1 ex-servicemen in the Killester Garden Village from the 1920s up to the 1950s, he was instrumental in getting permission from the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust to use the land at where Hadden Park is now to use for football. Bill and other veterans cleared the land in 1928 which then led to the start of football in Killester. Football was popular with the veterans as this is what they played while serving in the military. During WW2 or the Emergency Bill was again a leader in the community and established the Killester Air Raid Precaution Unit (ARP) and became its Chief Warden and Instructor. Bill was also involved in a Civilian Anti-Gas School and Fire Extinguishing Unit.

As you can see Bill was a leader in the community of the Killester Garden Village and was a pioneer in establishing football in Killester with the creation of Hadden Park so it was an honour to erect this history board into the Killester Sports and Social Club for all to learn about the story behind Hadden Park in the Killester Garden Village.

Thank you to Mr. Aaron Crampton (Killester Garden Village Committee) for leading the project and to Mr. Gary Hanway (Killester Donnycarney Football Club) and Mr. Frank Farrell (In-house historian Killester Donnycarney Football Club) for supporting. Thanks to Mr. Tom Burke MBE and Mr. Barry Heneghan TD for attending also today.

02/10/2026

You may catch a glimpse of this iconic engine and carriages on Sunday at Killester Station from after 11am.

The Great Northern 150
Sunday 4th October 2026

To celebrate 150 years since the founding of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) we are running two special trains along its premier route the Dublin to Belfast mainline with the 1913 built former GNR(I) locomotive No. 171 Slieve Gullion.

Our special trains will run from Dublin Connolly to Dundalk and return, with a break in Dundalk. And we are offering a local trip from Dundalk to Drogheda and return.

Tickets and full information are now available via Eventbrite - search Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Link in bio and in first comment below.