Naas (IE)
Naas (Irish: Nás na Ríogh or an Nás ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland.
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 assembly of the Leinster Men'.
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. Naas features on the 1598 map by Abraham Ortelius as Nosse.
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.
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 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.
Naas
Original Post Office was on South Main Street, now used as a Dental Practice, the current Post Office of An Post is 4 buildings to the right now.
![]() Nás na Ríogh cover to Parkstone, Dorset 1952 |
Outer Sub-Offices
Goatstown
Renamed to Springfield. The Post Office was at the north side of Cock Bridge, no longer present.
Rathmore
The old post office was across from the St Colmcille's Church & Cemetery