Naas (IE)

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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.

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Naas

Original site of Naas Post Office
Current site of Naas An Post Office

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

Original Rathmore PO building

The old post office was across from the St Colmcille's Church & Cemetery
















Naas - GB Era -1922

NAAS Army Official usage 1890's
NAAS on 9d Jubilee 1894