Sallins

History

Sallins developed as a village with the opening of the Grand Canal to traffic in 1779 and a passenger service in 1780. In the last decades of the 19th century and the early 20th century, Sallins was a popular spot for visitors to the grave of Wolfe Tone to gather before marching to the gravesite. Many visitors would take the train from Dublin to Sallins and walk the 2.5 km to Tone's grave in Bodenstown. The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Guardian Angels, a prefabricated "tin tabernacle" Catholic church, was built in 1924. On 31 March 1976, a Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed and approximately £200,000 was stolen at a small farm crossing on the main train line near Sallins. In the 1990s and 2000s, Sallins became a commuter town of Dublin. The population grew significantly, increasing sevenfold between 1996 and 2022.

Most-observed species

• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  3,600
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,291
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,224
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,204
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,171
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,140
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,120
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,094

Most recent

• M 3.2 — 2005-12-14
  27 km E of Wicklow, Ireland