Naas is the county town of County Kildare, Ireland. It is a major commuter belt town, with many people living in Naas and working in Dublin. The nearby M7 motorway, which bypasses Naas and connects Dublin to the South and Southwest, is one of the busiest routes in the country.
Naas town ('Nás na Riogh') as it was called in Irish is the "Meeting Place of Kings" because of its ancient location as a cross-roads to and from Dublin, and its traditional location as the principal governmental administrative centre in the county. Naas is located 32 kilometres (20 miles) west of Ireland's capital.
Amenities in the town include: library, swimming pool, a new, full modernised Gaelic Athletic Association club, two Roman Catholic Churches, one Church of Ireland Church, one Presbyterian Church, three Secondary schools, two or three primary schools, tax office, Naas general Hospital, horse race course, soccer club, rugby club, two major nightclubs, several pubs, three supermarkets, county council offices, a number of hotels and the new state-of-the-art Moat Theatre. The Church of Our Lady & St. David is a Roman Catholic Parish Church dating from 1827. The original parish church, St. David's Church, is held by the Church of Ireland. In 1997, the second Catholic Church opened in Ballycane on the east side of town and was dedicated to the Irish Martyrs.
Punchestown race course is just to the south east of the town, and the annual Punchestown Race Festival takes over the town for a whole week in April.