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![[Naas, Kildare flag]](../images/i/ie-kldna.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 February 2025See also:
Second from left on this Flag Wall is the flag of Naas, Kildare county
capital, Ireland:
http://www.omahasistercities.com/flagwallpix/29.html. Horizontally divided
light blue-white-light blue, with the arms in the centre - see Ralf Hartemink’s
site:
http://www.ngw.nl/int/ier/n/naas.htm
But for the shield ornaments – green instead of silver - the Omaha version
follows above version, more resembling a seal of course. The gold snake on
silver field is shown but also mentioned in the motto (Prudens ut Serpens i.e.
The Wisdom of the Snake), and inevitably there are some colourful legends about
it - here, for instance – almost at end of page “Naas motif goes back to
Moses?”:
http://kildare.ie/knn/newsweekjan3099.htm
And a sacred snake-bearing (serpentiferous?) flag is shown on a picture,
somewhat larger if you follow the link in that short article. The
old Kildare County Council flag
does contain the arms.
Jan Mertens, 1 April 2007
![[Naas, Kildare flag]](../images/i/ie-kldna).gif)
image located by F Smyth, 18 February 2025
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naas#/media/File:Naascoatofarms.png
I also came across the following historical item:
http://kildare.ie/knn/naasflag060601.htm
"Historic flag returned to Naas
Town Hall" (NAAS: 6 June 2001: by Trish Whelan)
The article reports on a
historic flag stolen from Naas in 1919 and now returned. The
green embroidered flag was previously
owned by the Irish Volunteers, and was presented to the UDC. Another article by
Mario Corrigan with detailed b/w photo and information on the banner's
presentation (1914) can be found at
http://www.kildare.ie/library/ehistory/2008/02/naas_irish_national_volunteer.asp.
Jan Mertens,
15 November 2008
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