23rd April 2018.
Naas, the county town of County Kildare has a population of about 25,000. Growing as part of the expansion of Dublin commuter belt. And part of the “horse country” of Newbridge, Naas, Kildare and The Curragh.
Court House.
Castle.
Post Office.
The GAA colours of KIldare.
The Grand Canal.
The Grand Canal.
The Catholic Church (Our Lady & St David)
Statue, unveiled in 2016 (centenary of Easter Rising) of Irish patriot John Devoy (1842-1928) who was born nearby in Kill. He joined the Fenian Brotherhood while still a teenager and was an organiser in Naas. He was arrested and served time in prison for organising Irish soldiers in the British Army. He was sentenced to several years but the sentence was commuted to banishment for the duration of the prison term.
Devoy went to United States of America and became an organiser of the Fenians and Irish Republican Brotherhood.
His republican activism includes the Young Ireland Rising, Fenian Rising and the Easter Rising.
He died in New Jersey but is buried in Dublin.
I took the bus back to Dublin.
Ireland: The Final Frontier 