Naas
Irish name: An Nás
Kildare’s county town at the head of the five-lock Naas Branch, with a quiet harbour beside the restored canal stores, a few minutes from the shops.
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Naas Harbour
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Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit
Sheltered canal basin beside the restored Canal Stores, a short walk from the town centre.
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Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland
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About Naas
The Naas Branch was dug by an independent company in 1786 and later taken over by the Grand Canal Company; it leaves the main line just west of Sallins and climbs through five locks in about 4 km. After trade ended it fell derelict, until IWAI volunteers led a long campaign for its restoration: the branch reopened in 1987 and Naas Harbour itself in 2002. The harbour now offers sheltered moorings beside the restored Canal Stores, close to the centre of the largest town in County Kildare, with its restaurants, bars and hotels. Beyond the basin the old Corbally extension is closed to boats by a culvert under the R445. Every October IWAI Kildare brings boats here for the Naas Canal Festival, and the Naas Historic Trail starts at the harbour and leads to the 17th-century ruin of Jigginstown.
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Naas Canal Festival
IWAI Kildare’s end-of-season boat gathering at Naas Harbour each October, with trips up the Corbally Canal as far as the road culvert.
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Naas Historic Trail and Jigginstown
A town trail from the harbour, past playgrounds, to the ruins of Jigginstown, a 17th-century house that was once one of Ireland’s largest buildings.
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Naas Old Railway Line walk
An easy walk on the old railway line just east of the harbour, past ponds with swans, ducks and herons.
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- Hazelhatch
- Allenwood
- 12th Lock, Lucan By arrangement
≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “Naas Harbour” by 瑞丽江的河水 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
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Other sources · Not known “Naas - Canal Basin, Grand Canal” by Colin Park · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Abbey Bridge, Naas” by Royalcanalrunner · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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