Sallins
Irish: Na Solláin | |
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Town | |
 Sallins marina | |
  Sallins Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°14′57″N 6°39′54″W / 53.24923°N 6.66503°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population | 6,269 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | W91 |
| Telephone area code | 045 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N888230 |
Sallins /ˈsælɪnz/ (Irish: Na Solláin)[2] is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway. Sallins is the anglicised name of Na Solláin which means "the willows".
In the Central Statistics Office census of 2022, Sallins had a population of 6,269 people,[1] more than double the 2,922 inhabitants recorded in the 2002 census.[3] It is the tenth largest settlement in Kildare and the 80th largest in Ireland. Sallins grew as a result of its position on both the Grand Canal and the Dublin to Cork railway line. Historically, the major employers in the town were Odlums Flour Mills and a meat factory, although both have now closed.[4]
Theobald Wolfe Tone is buried near Sallins in Bodenstown graveyard. Each summer, Irish republicans of various political and paramilitary groupings congregate at Sallins to hold commemorations at Tone's grave.
- ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Na Solláin / Sallins". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Sallins (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Odlums closure to cost 26 jobs in Kildare". Irish Examiner. October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2023.