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Naas (Ireland)

LC control no.n 91089066
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingNaas (Ireland)
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Geographic subdivision usageIreland--Naas
Variant(s)Nás na Ríogh (Ireland)
Associated countryIreland
Associated placeKildare (Ireland : County)
Found inNás na Ríogh, 1990: t.p. (Naas) verso t.p. (seat of the Leinster chieftains)
Weatherbys GSB Ltd. Fact book. Ireland, 2015: inside front cover (Naas, Co. Kildare)
Its website, viewed 5 January 2018: home p. (Naas; county town on the main road from Dublin to Cork, Limerick and Waterford; it lies 20 miles south of Dublin and is a major commuter town; Nás na Riogh is the Irish form of the name now used; in earlier days it was recorded as An Nás, Nas Laighean and Nás na Riogh)
Wikipedia, viewed 5 January 2018 (Naas; Nás na Ríogh; county town of County Kildare, Ireland; historically it hosted meetings of the Irish kings of Leinster; after the Norman invasion, 1169-71 AD, some Parliament of Ireland meetings were held in the town; in medieval times it became a wallked market town)
Webster's new geog. dict., 1984: p.806 (Naas; urban district of Co. Kildare, E. Erie; notable fox-hunting center; once seat of kings of Leinster; sacked and burned by Owen McRory O'More 1597)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°12ʹ57ʺN 006°40ʹ01ʺW)
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