The kings of Leinster assembled here, and the horses run the town now: Punchestown Racecourse sits just south of it. Naas is the county town of County Kildare.
The historic Church of Ireland church on North Main Street, founded in the Norman period and dedicated to St David.
The major National Hunt racecourse just south of Naas, home to the five-day Punchestown Festival each spring.
The canal harbour village a short drive north of Naas, with towpath walking and canal boats on the Grand Canal.
The 19th-century Town Hall building anchors a Main Street of shops, cafes and pubs in the county town's centre.
Naas's Irish name, Nas na Riogh, means the place of assembly of the kings, reflecting its role as a meeting place of the kings of Leinster.
Naas developed as a Norman town and was one of the walled towns of the Pale.
Naas is the county town of County Kildare.
Punchestown, just outside the town, has been a centre of Irish steeplechasing since the 19th century.
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