Naas Nás na Ríogh
Prudens ut Serpens Wise as the Serpent
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°12′57″N 6°40′01″W / 53.2158, -6.6669
Irish Grid Reference N893196
Statistics
Province:	Leinster
County:	County Kildare
Elevation:	114 m
Population (2006)	20,044
Website: www.naas.ie

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Naas (pronounced /neɪs/; Irish: Nás na Ríogh /nɑːs nə riː/ or An Nás /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, which bypasses Naas and connects Dublin to the South and Southwest, is one of the busiest routes in the country. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... The N7 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland, connecting Dublin to Limerick. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... A directional road sign in the Republic of Ireland on an other road (not a national road) at Portlaoise, County Laois, including patches for national roads and advance warning of bridge height restrictions. ...

'Perpetual Motion'-Located at Northern End of Naas By- Pass

Naas General Hospital

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Introduction

Naas town, Nás na Ríogh as it is called in Irish, is 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. 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. Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ...

St. David's Church of Ireland

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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 parliment meetings were held in the town.

One of the first battles of the 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. In one of the first engagements of the 1798 rebellion, a force of over 1,000 rebels attacked Naas, the strongest Crown garrison in county Kildare, following the successful mobilisation of United Irishmen, Defenders and rebels throughout county Kildare on the night of 23rd May. ... Combatants United Irishmen French First Republic Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Commanders Local leaders, General Humbert Cornwallis Lake Strength  ? Various, at peak mid-June c. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Society of the United Irishmen was a political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought independence from Great Britain. ... Theobald Wolfe Tone - United Irish leader. ... Bodenstown is a small village near Sallins in county Kildare in the eastern Ireland. ...

During World War II, Naas was the site of Ireland's prisoner of war (P.O.W.) camp (the Curragh prisoner of war camp). Because Ireland was officially neutral during that war, Ireland interned military personnel from any belligerent who ended up in Irish territory; as a result, the P.O.W. camp in Naas housed American, British, and German soldiers all together in the same camp. (A motion picture, The Brylcreem Boys, was produced in the 1990s which depicted life at the Irish internment camp.) Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people without due process of law and a trial. ... The Brylcreem Boys is a 1997 film directed and co-written by Terence Ryan about the extraordinary neutrality arrangements pertaining in Éamon de Valeras newly founded republic of Éire during World War II. Dublin made agreements with Berlin and London during the war that any serviceman found on Irish...

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 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. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Xilinx, Inc. ... HP redirects here. ... The borders of Western Europe were largely defined by the Cold War. ... This is a list of towns in the Republic of Ireland by population. ...

Amenities

Amenities in the town include: library, a new, full modernised 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 Martyrs. Naas is a prominent GAA club in County Kildare, significant in Kildare GAA history, winner of eight Kildare county senior football championships. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Naas General Hospital is located in Craddockstown, Naas in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Places of Interest

Punchestown Racecourse is just to the south east of the town, in the parish of Eadestown. 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. Punchestown Racecourse is located near Naas, County Kildare, in the Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. ... Oxegen is an annual music festival, the first of which occurred in 2004, sponsored by Heineken. ...

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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Source

• Nolan W. & McGrath T. (eds.) Kildare History and Society (Geography, Dublin 2006) ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7

External links

• [1] Naas Gaa website
• Naas Homepage
• International Civic Heraldry
• Naas Local History Group
• Naas community website
• Naas town website Website made by the Naas town council, has useful information and numbers.

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