Leixlip (Irish: Léim an Bhradáin, meaning 'Salmon's leap')[9 1] is a civil parish and a townland located in the north-eastern corner of County Kildare, Ireland. The civil parish is mainly in the ancient barony of Salt North with a small part in the neighbouring barony of Newcastle. It is centred on the town of Leixlip.[1] In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone, and contains chalybeate springs. It lies at the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water.
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