Editing Cabinteely (section)

==History and monuments==
The area has seen human activity since [[prehistoric]] times - there is a tomb known as Brennanstown Portal Tomb, Glendruid cromlech/dolmen, or The Druids' Altar near Cabinteely.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333405 Megalithic.co.uk]</ref><ref name="libraryireland.com">[http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Cabinteely-Rathdown-Dublin.php libraryireland.com]</ref>

Excavations between 1957 and 1999 some 700m southeast of Cabinteely suggest that the area was of "considerable status and importance" from the 6th-7th centuries, with possible evidence of a church, ancillary buildings, possible workshops and a cemetery.<ref>[http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Dublin&id=1052 Excavations.ie]</ref>

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Cabinteely grew up around a tavern ({{Irish place name|Cabán tSíle|Sheila's Cabin}}) located at a crossroads on the main road linking Dublin with the South.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

[[File:Tully Celtic Cross (2) - geograph.org.uk - 530691.jpg|thumb|Tully Celtic cross]]
Cabinteely sits at the meeting point of the three [[medieval]] [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parishes]] of [[Tully (disambiguation)|Tully]], [[Kill, County Dublin|Kill]] and [[Killiney]], in the [[Barony (Ireland)|half-barony of Rathdown]]. The ruins of Kill Abbey/Grange Church are near [[Deansgrange]]. The modern suburb of Cabinteely is still split between these civil parishes.

The ruined 9th century [[Tully Church]] and graveyard<ref>[http://www.megalithicireland.com/Laughanstown%20Crosses.htm Megalithic Ireland]</ref> lies within the modern [[parish]] of Cabinteely at Laughanstown. Two [[high cross]]es from the 12th century stand in nearby fields,<ref>[http://www.geograph.ie/photo/530689 Geograph.ie]</ref> and a wedge tomb, all protected as [[National Monument (Ireland)|National Monuments]] (#216). It is likely the modern [[Church of Ireland]] parish of [[Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough|Tullow]], with a church nearby in [[Foxrock]], is related to that civil parish of Tully. Similarly, the modern [[Church of Ireland]] parish of [[Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough|Kill]] has a church in Deansgrange.

Cabinteely House was built in 1769 for [[Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent|Robert Nugent, Lord Clare]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse/dublin/tour/cabinteely-house1/ |title=Irish Architecture Foundation |access-date=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313112716/http://architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse/dublin/tour/cabinteely-house1/ |archive-date=2011-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the surrounding demesne wall still mostly exists today (running along the Old Bray Road, Brennanstown Road, and Cornelscourt Hill). It later passed into the possession of the O'Byrne family of Wicklow, who were prominent in Cabinteely since the 1660s (the family originally lived in ''Marlfield House'').<ref>[http://www.araltas.com/features/byrne/ araltas.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.selectsurnames.com/byrne.html selectsurnames.com]</ref> William Richard O'Byrne (1823–1896), MP and author of the Naval Biographical Dictionary, owned and lived in Cabinteely House.<ref>[http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/o/OByrne_WR/life.htm ricorso.net]</ref> [[Joseph McGrath (Irish politician)|Joseph McGrath]] purchased the house in 1933. Cabinteely House finally passed into the possession of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]] in 1984.<ref>[http://www.dlrcoco.ie/Parks/Cabinteelypkhistory.htm Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council – History of Cabinteely House & Park]</ref>

Cabinteely was described in the 1837 book, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'', as having "several handsome seats [houses]...adorned with thriving plantations and presents many natural beauties".<ref name="libraryireland.com"/>

The [[Ordnance Survey Ireland]] map 1837-1842 shows Cabinteely village with "Post Office, R.C. Church, and Police Barrack".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,723424,724966,7,7 |title=Ordnance Survey Ireland |access-date=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829114800/http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,723424,724966,7,7 |archive-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The townland of Cabinteely at that time only included Cabinteely Demesne and Marlfield House (today in the ''St. Gabriels'' estate), whereas the modern suburb now includes neighbouring townlands such as Rochestown, Kilbogget, Brennanstown, and Laughanstown.

The Ordnance Survey Ireland map 1888-1913 shows Cabinteely Village with "P.O., Presbytery, St.Brigid's R.C. Church, Smithy, Constab. Bk., Court Ho., Dispy." among others, and [[Dublin Corporation]]'s water main running directly through the Village.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,723401,724971,7,9 |title=Ordnance Survey Ireland |access-date=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829114800/http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,723401,724971,7,9 |archive-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cabinteely Barracks was attacked numerous times during the civil war.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adams.ie/BidCat/Catalogues.asp?F1=3072&F2=4169&status=A&F4=0&select=7019&offset=-1 |title=Adam's |access-date=2011-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810100740/http://www.adams.ie/BidCat/Catalogues.asp?F1=3072&F2=4169&status=A&F4=0&select=7019&offset=-1 |archive-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Land rezoning in Cabinteely during the 1990s was the subject of an investigation under the [[Mahon Tribunal]]. {{citation needed|date=January 2021}}