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Encyclopedia > Sallins
Sallins
Na Solláin
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
53.2489° N 6.6661° W
Irish Grid Reference
N888230
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County: County Kildare
Elevation: 96 m
Population (2002) 2,922 
Website: www.sallins.org

Sallins (Na Solláin in Gaeilge) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town of Naas. Sallins is the anglicised name of Na Solláin which means "The Willows". Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Irish () is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...


Sallins grew as a result of its position on both the Grand Canal and the main Dublin to Cork/Kerry/Limerick railway line. Historically, the major employer in the village was Odlum's Flour Mills. The canal near the village is popular for fishing and the nearby Leinster Aqueduct is the one of the area's most notable landmark. The Grand Canal begins on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Population (2006) 139,616 Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water. ...


Theobald Wolfe Tone is buried near Sallins village in Bodenstown graveyard. Each summer, Irish Republicans of various political and paramilitary groupings congregate at Sallins to hold commemorations at Tone's grave. Theobald Wolfe Tone - United Irish leader. ... Bodenstown is a small village near Sallins in county Kildare in the eastern Ireland. ...


Railways

The village's railway station serves both Sallins itself and neighbouring Naas, as reflected in its official name of "Sallins and Naas". Originally named just "Sallins" (a branch line to Naas at one time diverged from the main line here), the station was closed in 1963 but with the later growth of both Sallins and Naas as Dublin dormitory towns, it was redeveloped and reopened in 1994 as part of the Kildare "Arrow" commuter rail project. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...


The station was also the location for Ireland's largest train robbery - the so called "Sallins Train Robbery" - which occurred on March 31, 1976. Several hundred thousand pounds where stolen from a Córas Iompair Éireann train. Several people were tried for the robbery and jailed and the case eventually became a significant miscarriage of justice Train robbery was a crime that occurred mainly in the middle-to-late 19th century. ... The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The pound, a unit of currency, originated (at least in Britain) as the value of a pound mass of silver. ... Córas Iompair Éireann[1] (CIÉ) is a statutory authority which is owned by the Irish Government. ... A miscarriage of justice is primarily the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime that he did not commit. ...


Schools

Sallins currently has one primary school.


External links


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