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Na Solláin

Sallins
Place of the willows
Na Solláin (Sallins) derives its name from disputed sources: the official Ordnance Survey record attributes it to 'sailín' (a little heel or landscape projection), though some scholars connect it to 'saileach' (willow). The townland lies in the Civil Parish of Bodenstown, Barony of North Naas, historically within the Norman cantred of Offelan. Before the late 18th century, Sallins remained a s...

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