Naas, a garrison town of Kildare county, Ireland, 20 miles SW. of Dublin by rail; pop. 3808. Once the capital of Leinster, Naas obtained charters from Henry V., Elizabeth, and James I., but was disfranchised at the Union.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson
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