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{{Short description|County town of Kildare, Ireland}}
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name = Naas |
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gaeilge = Nás na Ríogh |
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'''Naas''' ({{pronEng|ˈneɪs}}; [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Nás na Ríogh'' {{IPA2|nɑːs nə riː}} or ''An Nás'' {{IPA|[ən nɑːs]}}) is the county town of [[County Kildare]], [[Ireland]]. It is a major commuter belt town, with many people living in Naas and working in [[Dublin]]. The nearby [[M7 motorway|M7]] [[motorway]], which bypasses Naas and connects Dublin to the South and Southwest, is one of the busiest [[Roads in Ireland|routes in the country]].
|subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Leinster]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[County Kildare|Kildare]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Council]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Kildare County Council]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[Dáil Éireann]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Kildare North (Dáil constituency)|Kildare North]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[European Parliament]]
|subdivision_name5 = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]]
|population = 26,180
|population_footnotes = <ref name="tableF1015census2022">{{cite web|url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2022 | title = F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022 | date = April 2022 | accessdate = 29 June 2023 }}</ref>
|population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|website = {{URL|www.naas.ie}}
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
| area_code = 045
| postal_code_type =[[Eircode]]
| postal_code =W91
|timezone = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset = ±0
|timezone_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +1
}}
{{Historical populations
|state=collapsed
|1813|2018
|1821|3073
|1831|3808
|1841|3571
|1851|3010
|1861|2966
|1871|3660
|1881|3808
|1891|3735
|1901|3836
|1911|3842
|1926|3442
|1936|3290
|1946|3774
|1951|3731
|1956|3915
|1961|4023
|1966|4529
|1971|5078
|1979|7739
|1981|8345
|1986|10017
|1991|11141
|1996|14074
|2002|18312
|2006|20044
|2011|20573
|2016|21393
|2022|26180
| footnote=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=CSO |publisher=Cso.ie |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census |archive-date=20 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org |title=Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website |date= |website=www.histpop.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>1813 estimate from Mason's Statistical Survey</ref><ref>See also JJ Lee "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54</ref><ref>See also ''New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850'' by Joel Mokyr and Cormac O Grada in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 473–488</ref><ref name="sapmap2016">{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=02920E34-22EB-4863-94D7-8214D177F372#SAPMAP_T1_100 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|CSO]] | work = Census 2022 | title = Sapmap Area – Settlements – Naas | date = 2016 | access-date = 12 January 2018 | archive-date = 30 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170730015327/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=02920E34-22EB-4863-94D7-8214D177F372#SAPMAP_T1_100 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="tableF1015census2022"/>
}}
'''Naas''' ({{IPAc-en|n|eɪ|s}} {{respell|NAYSS}}; {{langx|ga|Nás na Ríogh}} or {{lang|ga|an Nás}} {{IPA-ga|ən̪ˠ ˈn̪ˠaːsˠ|}}) is the [[county town]] of [[County Kildare]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]) and the [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|fourteenth-largest urban centre in Ireland]].<ref name="tableF1015census2022"/>


==History==
[[Image:IMG 3570w.JPG|thumb|left|280px|'Perpetual Motion'- Located at Northern End of Naas By-Pass; by [[Rachel Joynt]] and Remco de Fouw (1995)]]
[[Image:IMG NaasHospital.jpg|thumb|225px|Naas General Hospital]]
[[File:Town Hall, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland.jpg|thumb|[[Naas Town Hall]]]]
The name of Naas has been recorded in three forms in [[Irish Language|Irish]]: {{lang|ga|Nás na Ríogh}}, translating as 'Place of Assembly of the Kings'; {{lang|ga|An Nás}}, translating to 'the Place of Assembly'; and {{lang|ga|Nás Laighean}}, translating to 'Place of <ref>{{Cite book |last=Bourke |first=Ulick Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ex7gDneMsiQC&dq=nas+lugh+kildare&pg=PA44 |title=Pre-Christian Ireland |date=1887 |publisher=Brown & Nolan |pages=44 |language=en}}</ref> assembly of the Leinster Men'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naastown.com/history.asp |title=Naas Town |website=www.naastown.com |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714145825/http://www.naastown.com/history.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>


Irish mythology suggests that the name arose as the burial site of Nás (a wife of [[Lugh]] of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann|Tuatha De Danann)]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nUXIPTmlsQC&dq=nas+lugh+kildare&pg=PA318 |title=Revue celtique |date=1894 |publisher=Bouillon |pages=318 |language=fr}}</ref> It is also said to be where Lugh held his royal court.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bourke |first=Ulick Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ex7gDneMsiQC&dq=lugh+royal+court+naas&pg=PA44 |title=Pre-Christian Ireland |date=1887 |publisher=Brown & Nolan |pages=44 |language=en}}</ref> Nás was said to have been buried on The Moat Hill (Dún Nás). The [[Book of Leinster]] contains the [[Dindsenchas]] (lore of places) of Naas with the following verses discussing where the name supposedly came from.:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gwynn |first=Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NVMtAEACAAJ |title=The Metrical Dindshenchas, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) |date=2018-02-10 |publisher=Fb&c Limited |isbn=978-0-656-24090-6 |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>“(Nás)… claims of right the brow and the beauty of the spot, since she is gone, with the noise of combat, how should ye know at all the spot where she died?
== Introduction ==
''Nás na Ríogh'' as it was called in Irish means the "Meeting Place of Kings" because of its ancient location as a cross-roads to and from [[Dublin]], and its traditional location as the principal governmental administrative centre in the county.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} In 1975 the Irish version of the town's name was simplified to ''An Nás''.<ref>[http://www.irishstatutebook.ie:80/1975/ga/si/0133.html Place-Names (Irish Forms) (No. 1) (Postal Towns) Order, 1975] (retrieved [[November 7]] [[2007]]</ref> Naas is located 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of Ireland's capital. According to the preliminary census reports the town's 2006 population was 21,715 (including rural area). The urban population of 20,044 (2006 Census) makes it the largest town in Kildare and the 15th largest in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The Kildare County Council offices and the general hospital for the Kildare area are based in Naas.


“Nás took in hand a deed unwise: (truth and not folly) death o’erwhelmed her; ‘tis from her Nás was named, famous perpetually for stern law.
[[Image:Saint Davids Naas.jpg|240px|left|thumb|St. David's Church of Ireland]]


“Nás of the Leinstermen, bright with splendid bounty, ‘tis there the lady was buried; from her it is called with clear certitude: the lore of the ancient hides not this.”</blockquote>In the Middle Ages, Naas became a [[walled town|walled]] [[market town]] and was occasionally raided by the O'Byrne and O'Toole [[Irish clans|clans]] from the nearby area which became [[County Wicklow]]. To guard against this danger, town walls were built in around 1415. Naas features on the 1598 map by [[Abraham Ortelius]] as ''Nosse''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/104/zoom.html |title=A Modern Depiction of Ireland, One of the British Isles |publisher=World Digital Library |year=1572 |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007051806/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/104/zoom.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History ==
The Irish language name for Naas, ''Nás na Ríogh'', literally means ''Meeting Place of the Kings''. The town historically hosted meetings of pre-Norman Irish kings and after the Norman invasion, English parliament meetings were held in the town.


In 1409, King [[Henry IV of England]] granted Naas its first charter as a corporation, consisting of [[Portreeve|Portreeves]], [[Burgess (title)|Burgesses]] and Commonality.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900>{{Cite web |url=https://kildarelocalhistory.ie/naas/a-short-history-of-naas/naas-chronology-134-ad-1900/ |title=Naas Chronology 134 AD – 1900 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Kildare Local History |last=Behan |first=Paddy}}</ref> In 1413 King Henry authorised the town to collect tolls at all entrances to the town, with the money being used for fortification of town walls and gates.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>
One of the first [[battle of Naas|battles]] of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|rebellion of 1798]] took place in Naas on [[24 May]] [[1798]] when a force of about 1,000 rebels was defeated in an unsuccessful attack on the town. A leader of the [[United Irishmen]], [[Theobald Wolfe Tone]], is buried just outside Naas at [[Bodenstown]].


A mayor and council were selected by local merchants and landowners. Naas became known as the "[[county town#Traditional counties of the Republic of Ireland|county town]]" of County Kildare because of its use as a place for trading, public meetings, local administration including law courts, racecourses and the army's [[Devoy Barracks]] (closed 1998).<ref>{{cite news |title=First ever class at Army Apprentice School to reunite |publisher=[[Leinster Leader]] |date=31 August 2009 |url=http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local/first-ever-class-at-army-apprentice-school-to-reunite-1-1937282 |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616035740/http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local/first-ever-class-at-army-apprentice-school-to-reunite-1-1937282 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=George Newenham |author-link=George Newenham Wright |title=An historical guide to the city of Dublin, illustrated by engravings, and a plan of the city |publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy |year=1825 |location=Dublin |pages=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGQNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR31 }}</ref> In the Middle Ages, before it settled permanently in Dublin, the [[Parliament of Ireland]] occasionally met in Naas, as in 1441.<ref>Lydon, James ''Ireland and the English Crown 1171–1541'' Cambridge University Press 2016</ref>
In [[World War II]], during which Ireland was [[neutral]], an [[internment]] camp was established at the [[Curragh Camp|Curragh Prison]] near Naas in which military personnel from the belligerent states who found themselves on Irish territory were detained for the duration of the conflict. This facility eventually came to house [[United States of America|US]], [[United Kingdom|British]], and [[Germany|German]] servicemen, all living together in the same camp. A motion picture depicting life at the camp, ''[[The Brylcreem Boys]]'', was produced in the 1990s.


[[Saint David's Castle]], a 13th-century Norman castle, was first built c. 1210, although the present structure is a [[Fortified houses in Ireland|fortified house]] of the 18th century.
== Industry and business ==
The town's 4,000 new arrivals in the last five years are generally well educated and upwardly mobile home buyers, who share a technical culture as local hi-tech employees of [[Intel]], [[Xilinx]], [[Hewlett Packard]], and many others. At one point in 2004, Naas was one of the fastest growing towns in [[western Europe]]. It is in fact the 16th [[List of towns in the Republic of Ireland by population|largest town]] in the Republic of Ireland. The town is planning new housing developments in the next five years for a larger capacity of 30,000, with a ring road under construction. Over the last year there has been a large influx of people from Eastern European countries like [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]] and particularly [[Poland]] giving the town a large sense of cultural diversity. The other activities include local government, supermarket distribution outlets, a pizza factory, law offices, hotels and a livestock mart.


In 1568, Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England granted the town a new charter, creating the role of Sovereign of the town.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>
== Amenities ==
Amenities in the town include: library, a new, full modernised [[Naas GAA|Gaelic Athletic Association]] club, two [[Roman Catholic]] Churches, one [[Church of Ireland]] Church, one [[Presbyterian]] Church, three Secondary schools, four primary schools, tax office, [[Naas General Hospital]], horse race course, soccer club, rugby club, two major nightclubs, several pubs, three supermarkets, county council offices, a number of hotels and the new state-of-the-art [[Moat Theatre]]. The Church of Our Lady & St. David is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Parish]] [[Church]] dating from [[1827]]. The original parish church, St. David's Church, is held by the [[Church of Ireland]]. In [[1997]], the second Catholic Church opened in [[Ballycane]] on the east side of town and was dedicated to the [[Irish Catholic Martyrs|Irish Martyrs]].


On 3 March 1577, Lord [[Rory O'More]] burnt Naas, to avenge his relatives who had been killed by English authorities.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= O'More, Rory (d.1578) |volume= 42 |last= Archbold |first= William Arthur Jobson |author-link= |pages= 175-176 |short= 1}}</ref><ref>''Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society'', Vol 3 (1899), pp.377-378</ref> Lord Deputy [[Henry Sidney|Sir Henry Sidney]] wrote later the same month:{{blockquote|Rory Oge O'More and Cormock M'Cormock O'Conor have burnt the Naas. They ranne thorough the towne lyke hagges and furies of hell, with flakes of fier fastned on poles ends.{{sfn|(Cal. State Papers, Irish Ser. 1574-85, p. 107; cf. Carew MSS. 1575-88, f. 110)}}}}
== Places of interest ==
There are two [[racecourse]]s near Naas. [[Punchestown Racecourse]] is just to the south east of the town, in the parish of Eadestown, and [[Naas Racecourse]] about 1 km from the town centre. The annual Punchestown Race Festival is a major event for a whole week in April. The [[Oxegen]] music festival is also held there in the second weekend of July.
[[Image:Naas Sli Na Slainte.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Sli Na Sliante - the Canal Walk]]


In 1595 Robert Ashe, Sovereign of Naas, says on oath that the charter granted the town by Elizabeth I had been accidentally burned.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>
==Sport==

*[[Naas GAA]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club.
In 1609 King [[James VI and I|James I]] of England granted the town a new charter as well as granting the Sovereign powers to appoint a [[Serjeant-at-arms|Serjeant-at-mace]] to carry the [[Ceremonial mace|mace]] before him within the limits of the borough.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>

In 1628 a further charter of King James grants the corporation the right to pass [[By-law|byelaws]] provided that they are consistent with the laws of the kingdom.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/> The Sovereign of Naas is to be a [[Justice of the peace]].<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>

In 1671 King [[Charles II of England]] issued an updated charter.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>

One of the first battles of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|rebellion of 1798]] took place in Naas on 24 May 1798. During the [[Battle of Naas]], a force of about 1,000 rebels were defeated in an unsuccessful attack on the town.

In 1840 the [[Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840|Municipal Reform Act 1840]] resulted in the Naas Corporation being dissolved and replaced by a Grand Jury until 1854.<ref name=klh-chronology-134-ad-1900/>

In 1898, the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|Local Government Act]] established Naas Urban District Council (later called Naas Town Council). Naas Town Council was abolished in June 2014, when the [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]] dissolved town councils and designated [[Kildare County Council]] as the administrative local authority for the entire county.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government Reform Act 2014 |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/act/pub/0001/index.html |website=Irish Statute Book |publisher=Office of the Attorney General |access-date=27 April 2015 |archive-date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307055603/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/act/pub/0001/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Naas Town Hall]] was commissioned as a gaol and completed in 1796.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11814041/naas-town-hall-main-street-north-naas-west-naas-kildare|title=Naas Town Hall, Main Street North, Naas West, Naas, County Kildare|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>

==Amenities==
[[Image:Saint Davids Naas.jpg|thumb|right|St. David's church]]
[[Image:Canal Harbour, Naas.jpg|thumb|right|Canal Harbour, Basin Street]]
[[Image:Canal at Naas.jpg|thumb|right|Canal from Abbey Bridge]]
[[Image:Main Street, Naas.jpg|thumb|right|South Main Street]]
Naas has a hospital [[Naas General Hospital]], [[Naas Racecourse]], [[Mondello Park|Mondello Park International Motor Racing Circuit]], a library, the 200-seat [[Moat Theatre]], five-screen 3D Odeon cinema, RSA driving test centre, a tax office, a district court, local authority offices, five supermarkets, several pubs, and a number of schools, hotels and nightclubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naastown.com/local-businesses.asp|title=Local Business Listings in Naas, Co. Kildare. Business Services, Health & Beauty, Trades and Transport|website=www.naastown.com|access-date=11 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021444/http://www.naastown.com/local-businesses.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Economy==
Local industrial enterprises include [[Kerry Group|Kerry Group's]] Global Technology and Innovation Centre,<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerry Group to create up to 900 jobs in Kildare |publisher=[[RTÉ News]] |date=9 October 2012 |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1009/340893-kerry-group-kildare |access-date=2013-04-11 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023140937/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1009/340893-kerry-group-kildare/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and International Fund Services (a [[State Street Corporation|State Street]] company).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.millenniumpark.ie/clients/ | publisher = Millennium Park | website = millenniumpark.ie | title = Commercial Business Park Tenants | access-date = 11 November 2018 | archive-date = 12 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021626/http://www.millenniumpark.ie/clients/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The town centre of Naas includes shops, restaurants, nightclubs, boutiques and shops. Other retail outlets have been developed in new retail parks and shopping centres on the outskirts of the town.

A shopping centre on Monread Road was completed in 2010 with Ireland's largest [[Tesco]] Superstore as the anchor tenant. Other retail parks serve the town on both ends – northern and southern – with outlets such as [[Harvey Norman]], [[PC World]], [[B&Q]], Smyths Toys, and [[Halfords]].

The Naas/Sallins area is served by two [[Aldi]] supermarkets, two [[Lidl]] stores, two Supervalu supermarkets, a [[Tesco|Tesco Extra]] supermarket, a smaller Tesco Metro in the town centre, and (as of August 2019) a new [[Dunnes Stores]] food hall.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/471384/new-dunnes-stores-in-naas-has-some-big-brands-in-its-food-hall.html/ | publisher = KildareNow | website = kildarenow.com | title = New Dunnes Stores in Naas has some big brands in its Food Hall | date = 16 August 2019 | access-date = 28 August 2019 | archive-date = 28 August 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190828131622/https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/471384/new-dunnes-stores-in-naas-has-some-big-brands-in-its-food-hall.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Danish home retail group [[JYSK]], a competitor for Sweden's [[IKEA]], opened their first Irish store Newhall Retail Park in Naas during April 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0402/1040131-danish-firm-jysk-opens-first-homeware-store-in-naas/ | publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = Danish firm JYSK opens first homeware store in Naas | date = 2 April 2019 | access-date = 29 May 2019 | archive-date = 27 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190527155343/https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0402/1040131-danish-firm-jysk-opens-first-homeware-store-in-naas/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Several smaller foodstores are scattered around the town.

Aldi has a distribution centre in Jigginstown, Naas.

==Religion==
The town has two [[Roman Catholic]] churches, one [[Church of Ireland]] church, and one [[Presbyterian]] church. The original parish church, [[St David's Church, Naas|St David's Church]], is Church of Ireland. The Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of Our Lady and St. David, dates from 1827.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11814052/catholic-church-of-our-lady-and-saint-david-sallins-road-naas-west-naas-county-kildare|title=Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint David, Sallins Road, Naas West, Naas, County Kildare|publisher=[[National Inventory of Architectural Heritage]]|website=www.buildingsofireland.ie|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> The [[Augustinian Friary, Naas West, County Kildare|Augustinian Friary]] was founded in the late 14th century.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic Environment Viewer|url=https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Government of Ireland|at=KD019-030011-}}</ref> In 1997, the second Catholic Church opened in Ballycane on the east side of town and is dedicated to the [[Irish Catholic Martyrs|Irish Martyrs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naasparish.ie/church/church-of-irish-martyrs-ballycane/|title=Church of the Irish Martyrs, Ballycane|website=www.naasparish.ie|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804024016/https://www.naasparish.ie/church/church-of-irish-martyrs-ballycane/|url-status=live}}</ref> Naas is part of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin which is run by Bishop [[Denis Nulty]] since August 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carlowcathedral.ie/our-parish/bishop-of-kildare-and-leighlin-denis-nulty/ |title=Bishop Denis Nulty: Carlow Cathedral, Kildare and Leighlin Diocese |website=www.carlowcathedral.ie |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202511/http://www.carlowcathedral.ie/our-parish/bishop-of-kildare-and-leighlin-denis-nulty/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Naas Presbyterian Church]] was built in the Victorian period on the site of the old [[tholsel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kildarelocalhistory.ie/naas/a-short-history-of-naas/naas-chronology-134-ad-1900/|title=Naas Chronology 134 AD – 1900 – Kildare Local History. ie|website=kildarelocalhistory.ie|access-date=7 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807175519/http://kildarelocalhistory.ie/naas/a-short-history-of-naas/naas-chronology-134-ad-1900/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Maudlin's Cemetery]], a Church of Ireland graveyard near the town, is noted for its two Victorian-era [[pyramids]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/event/maudlins-pyramids-naas-co-kildare/|title=Maudlins pyramids – Naas Co. Kildare|website=Creative Ireland Programme}}</ref>

==Media==
County Kildare's local radio station [[Kfm (Ireland)|Kfm]] 97.3FM – 97.6FM is based in Naas.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kfmradio.com/contact | publisher = Co Kildare FM Radio Limited | website = kfmradio.com | title = Contact Kfm | access-date = 11 November 2018 | archive-date = 12 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021447/https://kfmradio.com/contact | url-status = live }}</ref> ''[[The Leinster Leader]]'', a regional newspaper, and Kildare TV, a local station, are also based in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.leinsterleader.ie/section/453/contact-us | publisher = The Leinster Leader | website = leinsterleader.ie | title = Contact us – South Main Street, Naas | access-date = 11 November 2018 | archive-date = 3 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190403084542/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/section/453/contact-us | url-status = live }}</ref>


==Transport==
==Transport==
[[Image:IMG 3570w.JPG|thumb|"Perpetual Motion", located at the north end of the Naas bypass, created by [[Rachel Joynt]] and [[Remco de Fouw]] in 1995.]]
*Naas railway station opened on [[22 June]] [[1855]], closed for passenger traffic on [[27 January]] [[1947]] and for goods traffic on [[10 March]] [[1947]], and finally closed altogether on [[1 April]] [[1959]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Naas station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref>
The nearby [[N7 road (Ireland)|N7]] Naas Road connects Naas with Dublin and the [[M50 motorway (Ireland)]]. Additionally, the [[M7 motorway (Ireland)|M7 Motorway]] connects Naas with the South and South West.

[[Naas railway station]], which opened on 22 June 1855, closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947 to be re-purposed for [[goods trains]]. It reopened on 10 March 1947, but was closed 12 years later on 1 April 1959.<ref>{{cite web | title=Naas station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=19 November 2007 | archive-date=2 March 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302022802/http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Sallins and Naas railway station]], located in nearby Sallins, is used by residents of the Naas area who commute to Dublin.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

The main bus transportation companies serving the area are [[Go-Ahead Ireland]], [[JJ Kavanagh and Sons]] and Dublin Coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goaheadireland.ie/services/03/126?date=2022-03-01&direction=outbound|title = 126 – Rathangan – Kildare – Naas – Dublin}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/en/timetables/scheduled-services Schedule] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110202721/http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/en/timetables/scheduled-services |date=10 November 2011 }} JJ Kavanagh web site</ref><ref>[http://www.dublincoach.ie/timetables-fares/N7-supp-bus-kildare-town-naas.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219191716/http://www.dublincoach.ie/timetables-fares/N7-supp-bus-kildare-town-naas.php|date=19 February 2018}} Dublin Coach Naas Timetable Website</ref> Naas's main bus routes include the Go-Ahead Ireland route 126 from Kildare to Dublin city centre (which passes through Naas),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Go Ahead Ireland Timetable Route 126, Dublin – Naas – Newbridge – Kildare |url=https://www.goaheadireland.ie/services/03/126?date=2022-03-01&direction=outbound |website=www.goaheadireland.ie}}</ref> a JJ Kavanagh route to Blanchardstown,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportforireland.ie/route-139-bus-service-connecting-naas-blanchardstown/|title=Transport For Ireland – Route 139 Naas to Blanchardstown -|website=Transport for Ireland|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706180141/https://www.transportforireland.ie/route-139-bus-service-connecting-naas-blanchardstown/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Dublin Coach and JJ Kavanagh services to Dublin Airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublincoach.ie/timetables-fares/N7-bus-dublin-airport-to-portlaoise.php|title=N7 24-hour Bus Service from Dublin Airport to Portlaoise via Kildare, Naas, Newbridge, Red Cow Luas &#124; Dublin Coach|website=www.dublincoach.ie|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529110728/https://www.dublincoach.ie/timetables-fares/N7-bus-dublin-airport-to-portlaoise.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetable-detail-page/|title=Timetables – JJ Kavanagh|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828140304/https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetable-detail-page/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The N7 Naas Road was upgraded in 2006 to a six-lane carriageway with grade-separated interchanges. As of April 2021, Junction 9a of the M7, a new junction for [[Clane]], Millennium Park, and the [[Sallins]] Bypass, has been completed and is now open for public use.<ref>{{Cite web| website = rte.ie |date=2021-04-09|title=Sallins bypass in Kildare opens to traffic|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0409/1208730-kildare-road-opening/|language=en|journal=|access-date=27 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427213057/https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0409/1208730-kildare-road-opening/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[M7 motorway (Ireland)|M7 Motorway]] – Connects Naas with [[Limerick]], as well as [[Cork (city)|Cork]] (via [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]]) and [[Waterford]] (via [[M9 motorway (Ireland)|M9]])
* [[N7 road (Ireland)|N7]] (R448 N From Monread Boulevard to Maudlins Interchange) – Connects Naas with [[Dublin]].
* [[R410 road (Ireland)|R410]] – Connects Naas with [[Blessington]]
* [[R411 road (Ireland)|R411]] – Connects Naas with [[Ballymore Eustace]]
* [[R448 road (Ireland)|R448]] – Connects Naas with [[Kilcullen]]
* [[R445 road (Ireland)|R445]] – Connects Naas with [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]
* [[R409 road (Ireland)|R409]] – Connects Naas with [[Caragh]]
* [[R407 road (Ireland)|R407]] – Connects Naas with [[Sallins]], [[Maynooth]], [[Clane]] and [[Celbridge]].
* (South Outer Ring) – Connects [[Limerick]] Road at Primrose (West Naas) with [[Blessington]] Road at Mountain View (East Naas)
* (Millennium Blvd Ring Road) – Connects [[Limerick]] Road at Newhall Interchange [[M7 motorway (Ireland)|M7]] with Monread Road at Millennium Roundabout

==Education==
Naas has five secondary schools, St. Mary's College Naas, a girls' convent school, {{lang|ga|Meanscoil Iognáid Rís Nás na Riogh}} ([[Naas C.B.S.|Naas CBS]]) for boys, Piper's Hill College (formerly St. Patrick's Community College), Naas Community College and {{lang|ga|Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara}}, a mixed Irish speaking Secondary School.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.phcol.ie/about| title=About Piper's Hill| publisher=phcol.ie| access-date=7 October 2015| archive-date=22 December 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222131910/http://www.phcol.ie/about| url-status=live}}</ref> Naas has several primary schools, including the Convent of Mercy (a girls' school), St. Corban's Boys National School (a school for boys),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stcorbans.com |title=St. Corban's B.N.S |publisher=Stcorbans.com |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004112440/http://www.stcorbans.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{lang|ga|Scoil Bhríde}}, Ballycane, and St. David's (each mixed schools),{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} {{lang|ga|Gaelsoil Nás na Ríogh}} (located at the Piper's Hill campus), Killashee National School and Naas Community National School is located at Craddockstown.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stagg |first=Emmet |author-link=Emmet Stagg |title=Naas Community National School Secures Permanent Accommodation |publisher=irish Labour Party |date=31 January 2015 |url=http://www.labour.ie/emmetstagg/news/14042078883103149.html |access-date=21 July 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107202654/http://www.labour.ie/emmetstagg/news/14042078883103149.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Naas has a public library which is located in the canal harbour area.<ref>[http://www.kildare.ie/library Nass Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201125301/http://www.kildare.ie/library/ |date=1 February 2010 }} web site</ref> With plans to move to the town centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Meara |first=Paul |title=No plans to knock Naas library building once facility is moved |url=https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/379919/no-plans-to-knock-naas-library-building-once-facility-is-moved.html |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.leinsterleader.ie |language=en}}</ref>

==Sport and leisure==

The [[Moat Theatre]] is a 200-seat performance and visual arts centre in Naas, which hosts local and national stage productions, live music and other events.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

The local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club is [[Naas GAA]], and the club has won several senior county football and hurling championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naasgaa.ie |title=Naas GAA |publisher=Naasgaa.ie |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705114503/http://www.naasgaa.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Local [[association football]] (soccer) clubs include Naas AFC Soccer Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naasafc.com |title=Naas AFC |publisher=Naas AFC |access-date=23 June 2009 |archive-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525134037/http://naasafc.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Redwood Naas FC,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604080837/http://www.redwoodnaasfc.com/ |archive-date=4 June 2016 |url=http://www.redwoodnaasfc.com/ |title=Redwoodnaasfc.com |access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref> Monread FC Soccer Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/monreadfc/ |title=Monread FC |publisher=Monread FC |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208183919/https://sites.google.com/site/monreadfc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Naas United FC Soccer Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/kildare-football-clubs/naas-united.htm |title=Naas United Football Club, Donnelly Mirrors: Kildare Soccer Team |publisher=Soccer-ireland.com |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309081831/http://www.soccer-ireland.com/kildare-football-clubs/naas-united.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> several of which play in the Kildare and District Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kdfl.ie/clubs/|title=Clubs|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-date=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213002059/http://www.kdfl.ie/clubs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other sports clubs include [[Naas RFC|Naas Rugby Club]], Naas Hockey Club, Naas Cycling Club, Naas Panthers Gymnastics Academy,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/local-clubs/specific/69/naas-panthers-gymnastics-academy |title=Naas Panthers Gymnastics Academy |website=www.gymnasticsireland.com |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080850/http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/local-clubs/specific/69/naas-panthers-gymnastics-academy |url-status=live }}</ref> Naas Lawn Tennis Club (with 11 courts)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://naasltc.net/index.php/info/courts/ |title=Club Info – Courts |publisher=Naas Lawn Tennis Club |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021658/http://naasltc.net/index.php/info/courts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Naas Athletic Club on the Caragh Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~naasac/ |title=Naas Athletic Club |publisher=Naas Athletic Club |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009104137/http://homepage.eircom.net/~naasac/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Naas Golf Club, one of three local golf clubs, is actually located in Sallins.

There are several equestrian facilities in the area, with [[Naas Racecourse]] (about 1&nbsp;km from the town centre),<ref name="naasracecourse">{{cite web |url=http://www.naasracecourse.com |title=Naas Racecourse |publisher=Naasracecourse.com |access-date=26 October 2008 |archive-date=16 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916103940/http://www.naasracecourse.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Punchestown Racecourse]] (just to the south-west of the town at Eadestown). Osborne Stables is also based at Craddockstown, Naas. The annual Punchestown Race Festival is a major event for a full week in April. The [[Oxegen]] music festival was held at Punchestown during the summer for a number of years but has not been rescheduled since it was cancelled in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27094144 |title=Oxegen 2014 music festival cancelled |date=20 April 2014 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819200118/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27094144 |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are also a number of swimming pools and leisure centres in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naastown.com/swimming-pools-in-naas.html|title=Swimming Pools in Kildare, Swimming facilities in Naas|website=www.naastown.com|access-date=11 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021258/http://www.naastown.com/swimming-pools-in-naas.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Naas}}
* [[Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo|Joseph Bourke]] (c.1740–1794), 3rd Earl of Mayo{{citation needed|date = December 2018}}
* [[Hubert de Burgh (cricketer)|Hubert de Burgh]] (1879–1960), cricketer<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/336/index.shtml | publisher = Cricket Europe | website = cricketeurope.com | title = Hubert Henry De Burgh | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024805/https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/336/index.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Thomas Burgh (1670–1730)|Thomas Burgh]] (1670–1730), architect and [[Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Member of Parliament for Naas]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_deburgh.htm | publisher = Turtle Bunbury | website = turtlebunbury.com | title = The De Burghs of Oldtown, Co. Kildare | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024710/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_deburgh.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Teresa Ellen Dease|Mother Teresa Ellen Dease]] (1820–1889), foundress of the [[Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] (Loretto Sisters) in North America (at Toronto)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dease_ellen_11E.html | publisher = Dictionary of Canadian Biography | work = Volume XI (1881–1890) | title = Dease, Ellen, named Mother Teresa, of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in America | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024807/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dease_ellen_11E.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Charlie Donnelly]] (b.1983), racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2001/1008/159227-motorsport/|title=Donnelly named Young Driver of the Month |publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]] |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Marian Finucane]] (1950–2020), radio presenter and television host, lived in Naas<ref>{{cite news |last=Holland |first=Kitty |title=Women lead tributes to Marian Finucane: 'It's nearly like your mother has died' |work=Irish News |publisher=[[Irish Times]] |date=3 January 2020 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/women-lead-tributes-to-marian-finucane-it-s-nearly-like-your-mother-has-died-1.4129857 |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201214604/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/women-lead-tributes-to-marian-finucane-it-s-nearly-like-your-mother-has-died-1.4129857 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jamie Heaslip]] (b.1983), rugby union player, Ireland, Naas and Leinster<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kildarenow.com/news/kildare-rugby-star-jamie-heaslip-wife-sheena-welcome-baby-girl/236779 | publisher = Kildare Now | website = kildarenow.com | title = Kildare rugby star Jamie Heaslip and wife Sheena welcome baby girl | date = 13 July 2018 | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070550/https://www.kildarenow.com/news/kildare-rugby-star-jamie-heaslip-wife-sheena-welcome-baby-girl/236779 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[John Lyons (VC)|John Lyons]] (1824–1867), a [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, was originally from Carlow and died at Naas in 1867<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.otd.ie/index.php/2016/06/10/10-june-john-lyons-vc-carlow/ | publisher = On This Day | website = otd.ie | title = 10 June – John Lyons VC, Carlow | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202072104/http://www.otd.ie/index.php/2016/06/10/10-june-john-lyons-vc-carlow/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Jenny McCudden]], journalist and television producer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4867&Itemid=89|title=Jenny McCudden and Quincy Lehr to read at City Museum|date=19 March 2008|access-date=19 March 2008|work=Galway Independent|archive-date=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418220823/http://archive.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4867&Itemid=89|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Leonard Molloy|Major Leonard Greenham Star Molloy]] (1861–1937), Harley Street doctor and politician{{citation needed|date = December 2018}}
* [[Gormflaith ingen Murchada]] (c.960–1030), third wife of [[Brian Ború]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/index.php/gormflaith-a-naas-woman/ |title = Brian Boru's Wife a Naas Woman (by James Durney) |publisher = Kildare Community Network |work = Co Kildare Online Electronic History Journal |access-date = 1 December 2018 |archive-date = 2 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024714/http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/index.php/gormflaith-a-naas-woman/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Geordan Murphy]] (b.1978), rugby union player, Ireland and Leicester Tigers<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/features/274629/when-kildare-men-were-kings-of-english-rugby.html | publisher = Leinster Leader | website = leinsterleader.ie | title = When Kildare men were kings of English rugby | date = 7 October 2017 | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024815/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/features/274629/when-kildare-men-were-kings-of-english-rugby.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[John de Robeck|Sir John de Robeck]] (1862–1928), Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy, 1925–1928<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/index.php/death-of-sir-john-de-robeck/ |publisher = Kildare Community Network |work = Co Kildare Online Electronic History Journal |title = Death of Sir John de Robeck |access-date = 1 December 2018 |archive-date = 2 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024725/http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/index.php/death-of-sir-john-de-robeck/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Roe (racing driver)|Michael Roe]] (b.1955), racing driver<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/life/343533/naas-racing-great-michael-roe-s-story-told-in-new-rte-documentary.html | publisher = Leinster Leader | website = leinsterleader.ie | title = Naas racing great Michael Roe's story told in new RTÉ documentary | date = 23 October 2018 | access-date = 1 December 2018 | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024818/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/life/343533/naas-racing-great-michael-roe-s-story-told-in-new-rte-documentary.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[James Roe Jr.]] (born 1998), racing driver{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[Andrew Strong]] (b.1973), singer and actor, famous for his role in ''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]'', was brought up in Naas{{citation needed|date = December 2018}}
* [[Larry Tompkins]], (b.1963), Gaelic football manager{{citation needed|date = December 2018}}


==Twinning==
==Twinning==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland}}
Naas is [[town twinning|twinned]] with the towns of
Naas is [[town twinning|twinned]] with the following places:
*[[Allaire, Morbihan|Allaire]] in [[France]]
*[[Casalattico]] in [[Italy]]
*[[Dillingen an der Donau]] in [[Germany]]
*[[Omaha]] in the [[United States]]
*[[St David's]] in the [[United Kingdom]]


* {{flagdeco|France}} {{flagdeco|Brittany}} [[Allaire, Morbihan|Allaire]], Brittany, France<ref name="twins">{{cite web |url=http://www.kildare.ie/countycouncil/Publications/AnnualReports/AnnualReport2006/LinkToDocument,13997,en.pdf |title=Naas Town Council – 2006 report – Page 4 – Twinning in Naas |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306051141/http://www.kildare.ie/countycouncil/Publications/AnnualReports/AnnualReport2006/LinkToDocument%2C13997%2Cen.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
== See also ==
* {{flagdeco|Italy}} {{flagdeco|Lazio}} [[Casalattico]], Lazio region, Italy<ref name="twins"/>
* [[List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland#County Kildare|List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Kildare)]]
* {{flagdeco|Germany}} {{flagdeco|Bavaria}} [[Dillingen an der Donau]], Bavaria, Germany<ref name="twins"/>
* [[List of towns in the Republic of Ireland]]
* {{flagdeco|United States}} {{flagdeco|Nebraska}} [[Omaha, Nebraska]], United States<ref name="twins"/>
* {{flagdeco|UK}} {{flagdeco|Wales}} [[St David's]], Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom<ref name="twins"/>

==See also==
* [[List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland#County Kildare|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kildare)]]
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
* [[Earl of Mayo]]


==References==
==References==
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* Nolan W. & McGrath T. (eds.) ''Kildare History and Society'' (Geography, Dublin 2006) ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7


===Sources===
== External links ==
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* [http://www.naasgaa.ie] Naas Gaa website
* Nolan W. & McGrath T. (eds.) ''Kildare History and Society'' (Geography, Dublin 2006) {{ISBN|978-0-906602-57-7}}
* [http://CountyNaas.bebo.com Naas Homepage]
{{Refend}}
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/ier/n/naas.htm International Civic Heraldry]

==External links==
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* [http://www.naas.ie Official Naas website]
* [http://kildare.ie/local-history/naas.htm Naas Local History Group]
* [http://kildare.ie/local-history/naas.htm Naas Local History Group]
* [http://www.naastown.com Naas community website]
* [http://www.naastown.com Naas community website]
* [http://www.naas.ie Naas town website] Website made by the Naas town council, has useful information and numbers.

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Naas
An Nás / Nás na Ríogh (Irish)
Town
View of Naas General Hospital
View of Naas General Hospital
Official seal of Naas
Seal
Motto(s): 
Prudens ut Serpens  (Latin)
Wise as a Serpent [1]
Naas is located in Ireland
Naas
Naas
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 6°39′47″W / 53.217°N 6.663°W / 53.217; -6.663
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyKildare
CouncilKildare County Council
Dáil ÉireannKildare North
European ParliamentMidlands–North-West
Elevation
114 m (374 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
26,180
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode
W91
Telephone area code045
Irish Grid ReferenceN893196
Websitewww.naas.ie

Naas (/neɪs/ NAYSS; Irish: Nás na Ríogh or an Nás [ən̪ˠ ˈn̪ˠaːsˠ]) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge) and the fourteenth-largest urban centre in Ireland.[2]

History

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Naas Town Hall

The name of Naas has been recorded in three forms in Irish: Nás na Ríogh, translating as 'Place of Assembly of the Kings'; An Nás, translating to 'the Place of Assembly'; and Nás Laighean, translating to 'Place of [9] assembly of the Leinster Men'.[10]

Irish mythology suggests that the name arose as the burial site of Nás (a wife of Lugh of the Tuatha De Danann).[11] It is also said to be where Lugh held his royal court.[12] Nás was said to have been buried on The Moat Hill (Dún Nás). The Book of Leinster contains the Dindsenchas (lore of places) of Naas with the following verses discussing where the name supposedly came from.:[13]

“(Nás)… claims of right the brow and the beauty of the spot, since she is gone, with the noise of combat, how should ye know at all the spot where she died?

“Nás took in hand a deed unwise: (truth and not folly) death o’erwhelmed her; ‘tis from her Nás was named, famous perpetually for stern law.

“Nás of the Leinstermen, bright with splendid bounty, ‘tis there the lady was buried; from her it is called with clear certitude: the lore of the ancient hides not this.”

In the Middle Ages, Naas became a walled market town and was occasionally raided by the O'Byrne and O'Toole clans from the nearby area which became County Wicklow. To guard against this danger, town walls were built in around 1415. Naas features on the 1598 map by Abraham Ortelius as Nosse.[14]

In 1409, King Henry IV of England granted Naas its first charter as a corporation, consisting of Portreeves, Burgesses and Commonality.[15] In 1413 King Henry authorised the town to collect tolls at all entrances to the town, with the money being used for fortification of town walls and gates.[15]

A mayor and council were selected by local merchants and landowners. Naas became known as the "county town" of County Kildare because of its use as a place for trading, public meetings, local administration including law courts, racecourses and the army's Devoy Barracks (closed 1998).[16][17] In the Middle Ages, before it settled permanently in Dublin, the Parliament of Ireland occasionally met in Naas, as in 1441.[18]

Saint David's Castle, a 13th-century Norman castle, was first built c. 1210, although the present structure is a fortified house of the 18th century.

In 1568, Queen Elizabeth I of England granted the town a new charter, creating the role of Sovereign of the town.[15]

On 3 March 1577, Lord Rory O'More burnt Naas, to avenge his relatives who had been killed by English authorities.[19][20] Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidney wrote later the same month:

Rory Oge O'More and Cormock M'Cormock O'Conor have burnt the Naas. They ranne thorough the towne lyke hagges and furies of hell, with flakes of fier fastned on poles ends.[21]

In 1595 Robert Ashe, Sovereign of Naas, says on oath that the charter granted the town by Elizabeth I had been accidentally burned.[15]

In 1609 King James I of England granted the town a new charter as well as granting the Sovereign powers to appoint a Serjeant-at-mace to carry the mace before him within the limits of the borough.[15]

In 1628 a further charter of King James grants the corporation the right to pass byelaws provided that they are consistent with the laws of the kingdom.[15] The Sovereign of Naas is to be a Justice of the peace.[15]

In 1671 King Charles II of England issued an updated charter.[15]

One of the first battles of the rebellion of 1798 took place in Naas on 24 May 1798. During the Battle of Naas, a force of about 1,000 rebels were defeated in an unsuccessful attack on the town.

In 1840 the Municipal Reform Act 1840 resulted in the Naas Corporation being dissolved and replaced by a Grand Jury until 1854.[15]

In 1898, the Local Government Act established Naas Urban District Council (later called Naas Town Council). Naas Town Council was abolished in June 2014, when the Local Government Reform Act 2014 dissolved town councils and designated Kildare County Council as the administrative local authority for the entire county.[22] Naas Town Hall was commissioned as a gaol and completed in 1796.[23]

Amenities

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St. David's church
Canal Harbour, Basin Street
Canal from Abbey Bridge
South Main Street

Naas has a hospital Naas General Hospital, Naas Racecourse, Mondello Park International Motor Racing Circuit, a library, the 200-seat Moat Theatre, five-screen 3D Odeon cinema, RSA driving test centre, a tax office, a district court, local authority offices, five supermarkets, several pubs, and a number of schools, hotels and nightclubs.[24]

Economy

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Local industrial enterprises include Kerry Group's Global Technology and Innovation Centre,[25] and International Fund Services (a State Street company).[26]

The town centre of Naas includes shops, restaurants, nightclubs, boutiques and shops. Other retail outlets have been developed in new retail parks and shopping centres on the outskirts of the town.

A shopping centre on Monread Road was completed in 2010 with Ireland's largest Tesco Superstore as the anchor tenant. Other retail parks serve the town on both ends – northern and southern – with outlets such as Harvey Norman, PC World, B&Q, Smyths Toys, and Halfords.

The Naas/Sallins area is served by two Aldi supermarkets, two Lidl stores, two Supervalu supermarkets, a Tesco Extra supermarket, a smaller Tesco Metro in the town centre, and (as of August 2019) a new Dunnes Stores food hall.[27] Danish home retail group JYSK, a competitor for Sweden's IKEA, opened their first Irish store Newhall Retail Park in Naas during April 2019.[28] Several smaller foodstores are scattered around the town.

Aldi has a distribution centre in Jigginstown, Naas.

Religion

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The town has two Roman Catholic churches, one Church of Ireland church, and one Presbyterian church. The original parish church, St David's Church, is Church of Ireland. The Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of Our Lady and St. David, dates from 1827.[29] The Augustinian Friary was founded in the late 14th century.[30] In 1997, the second Catholic Church opened in Ballycane on the east side of town and is dedicated to the Irish Martyrs.[31] Naas is part of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin which is run by Bishop Denis Nulty since August 4, 2013.[32] Naas Presbyterian Church was built in the Victorian period on the site of the old tholsel.[33] Maudlin's Cemetery, a Church of Ireland graveyard near the town, is noted for its two Victorian-era pyramids.[34]

Media

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County Kildare's local radio station Kfm 97.3FM – 97.6FM is based in Naas.[35] The Leinster Leader, a regional newspaper, and Kildare TV, a local station, are also based in the area.[36]

Transport

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"Perpetual Motion", located at the north end of the Naas bypass, created by Rachel Joynt and Remco de Fouw in 1995.

The nearby N7 Naas Road connects Naas with Dublin and the M50 motorway (Ireland). Additionally, the M7 Motorway connects Naas with the South and South West.

Naas railway station, which opened on 22 June 1855, closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947 to be re-purposed for goods trains. It reopened on 10 March 1947, but was closed 12 years later on 1 April 1959.[37] The Sallins and Naas railway station, located in nearby Sallins, is used by residents of the Naas area who commute to Dublin.[citation needed]

The main bus transportation companies serving the area are Go-Ahead Ireland, JJ Kavanagh and Sons and Dublin Coach.[38][39][40] Naas's main bus routes include the Go-Ahead Ireland route 126 from Kildare to Dublin city centre (which passes through Naas),[41] a JJ Kavanagh route to Blanchardstown,[42] and Dublin Coach and JJ Kavanagh services to Dublin Airport.[43][44]

The N7 Naas Road was upgraded in 2006 to a six-lane carriageway with grade-separated interchanges. As of April 2021, Junction 9a of the M7, a new junction for Clane, Millennium Park, and the Sallins Bypass, has been completed and is now open for public use.[45]

Education

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Naas has five secondary schools, St. Mary's College Naas, a girls' convent school, Meanscoil Iognáid Rís Nás na Riogh (Naas CBS) for boys, Piper's Hill College (formerly St. Patrick's Community College), Naas Community College and Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara, a mixed Irish speaking Secondary School.[46] Naas has several primary schools, including the Convent of Mercy (a girls' school), St. Corban's Boys National School (a school for boys),[47] Scoil Bhríde, Ballycane, and St. David's (each mixed schools),[citation needed] Gaelsoil Nás na Ríogh (located at the Piper's Hill campus), Killashee National School and Naas Community National School is located at Craddockstown.[48]

Naas has a public library which is located in the canal harbour area.[49] With plans to move to the town centre.[50]

Sport and leisure

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The Moat Theatre is a 200-seat performance and visual arts centre in Naas, which hosts local and national stage productions, live music and other events.[citation needed]

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Naas GAA, and the club has won several senior county football and hurling championships.[51]

Local association football (soccer) clubs include Naas AFC Soccer Club,[52] Redwood Naas FC,[53] Monread FC Soccer Club,[54] and Naas United FC Soccer Club,[55] several of which play in the Kildare and District Football League.[56]

Other sports clubs include Naas Rugby Club, Naas Hockey Club, Naas Cycling Club, Naas Panthers Gymnastics Academy,[57] Naas Lawn Tennis Club (with 11 courts)[58] and Naas Athletic Club on the Caragh Road.[59]

Naas Golf Club, one of three local golf clubs, is actually located in Sallins.

There are several equestrian facilities in the area, with Naas Racecourse (about 1 km from the town centre),[60] and Punchestown Racecourse (just to the south-west of the town at Eadestown). Osborne Stables is also based at Craddockstown, Naas. The annual Punchestown Race Festival is a major event for a full week in April. The Oxegen music festival was held at Punchestown during the summer for a number of years but has not been rescheduled since it was cancelled in 2014.[61]

There are also a number of swimming pools and leisure centres in the area.[62]

Notable people

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See also: Category:People from Naas

Twinning

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland

Naas is twinned with the following places:

See also

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Sources

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  • Nolan W. & McGrath T. (eds.) Kildare History and Society (Geography, Dublin 2006) ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Naas.
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