An Nás

Naas was an important stronghold of the kings of Leinster before the Norman invasion and there are many examples of the placename in Irish literature. In the pre-Norman genealogies of Laighin (Leinster) for instance, there are references to the stronghold of Nás. Dún Náis (‘the fort of Naas’) is referred to in the Annals of the Four Masters under the year 705. In the early Irish Annals (under t...