Sallins
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| Sallins Na Solláin |
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| Irish Grid Reference N888230 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | County Kildare | |
| Elevation: | 96 m | |
| Population (2002) | 2,922 | |
| Website: www.sallins.org | ||
Sallins (Na Solláin in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town of Naas.
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.
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.
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[edit] 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.
The station was also the location for Ireland's largest train robbery - the so called "Sallins Train Robbery" - which occurred on March 31st, 1976. Several hundred thousand Irish pounds where stolen from a Córas Iompair Éireann train. Several people where tried for the robbery and jailed and the case eventually became a significant miscarriage of justice.
[edit] School
Sallins has one primary school "St. Laurence's". It's present principal is Mr Noel Lanigan after taking over from Mr Peadar Cunnigham two years ago. It has also undergone quite a large extension to facilitate the growing influx of pupils.
