placenamesSalt North
An Léim Thuaidh
Lewis recorded several industries beyond the town’s better-known brewing history.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Léim Thuaidh · Irish · main form
- Salt North · English · main form
Place & story
Rolling mills and Rye Vale
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Leixlip account records rolling mills making bar and sheet iron on the Liffey, with a flour mill nearby. On the Rye Water, Rye Vale distillery produced more than 20,000 gallons of whiskey annually. Woollen manufacture survived on a much smaller scale, employing six people. These distinct trades placed metalworking, grain processing, distilling and textile work beside the town’s two rivers. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Salt North. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Leixlip: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-04-17. How this page was prepared.