South Salt () is a

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County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

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Etymology

South Salt derives its name from the

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name of

Leixlip Leixlip ( or ; , ) is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and ...

: ''Saltus salmonis'' (literally "

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leap"; the English name is derived from

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''Lax-hlaup''). This makes Salt one of very few Irish placenames derived directly from Latin.

Location

South Salt barony is located in northeast

, south of the Liffey, bordering on

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History

There was originally a single Salt barony, divided into south and

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baronies before 1807.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie2.htm

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in South Salt: *

Ardclough Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, wh ...

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* Kilteel

References

Baronies of County Kildare {{Kildare-geo-stub