South Salt

South Salt An Léim Theas (Irish)
Barony
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
County	Kildare
Area
• Total	67.4 km² (26.02 sq mi)

South Salt (Irish: An Léim Theas) is a barony in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

South Salt derives its name from the Latin name of Leixlip: Saltus salmonis (literally "salmon leap"; the English name is derived from Old Norse Lax-hlaup). This makes Salt one of very few Irish placenames derived directly from Latin.

Location

South Salt barony is located in northeast County Kildare, south of the Liffey, bordering on County Dublin.

History

South Salt was part of the ancient lands of the Uí Dúnchada, early kings of Leinster. This area was also part of the ancient lands of the Ó Broin (O'Byrnes) before the 13th century.^[1] There was originally a single Salt barony, divided into south and north baronies before 1807.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in South Salt:

References

Places in County Kildare

County town: Naas

Towns	Athy Celbridge Clane Kilcock Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge Sallins

Villages and Townlands	Allen Allenwood Ardclogh Ballitore Ballymore Eustace Calverstown Caragh Carbury Castledermot Coill Dubh Derrinturn Eadestown Hawkfield Johnstown Kilberry Kilcullen Kildangan Kill Kilmead Kilmeage Kilteel Lullymore Milltown Monasterevin Moone Narraghmore Nurney Prosperous Rathangan Robertstown Sallins Straffan Staplestown Suncroft Timolin

Landforms	Bog of Allen Cupidstown Hill Curragh Grand Canal Hill of Allen River Barrow River Blackwater River Boyne Figile River River Greese River Liffey Lyreen River Morell River River Rye Royal Canal

Topics	Geography of County Kildare List of National Monuments in County Kildare List of townlands of County Kildare Mountains and hills of County Kildare Rivers of County Kildare

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