- Also known as. English. Abbey of Kells. former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland.
- St Colmcille, also known as St Columba, was exiled from Ireland several years later and established a monastery on the Island of Iona in Scotland.
- While the book takes its name from Abbey of Kells in County Meath, its place of origin is generally attributed to the scriptorium of the monastery founded around...
- The Book of Kells may have been the second one written there, as the first entry in it, dated 804, records that the monastery was being rebuilt after a fire.
- The name Book of Kells is derived from the Abbey of Kells in Kells, County Meath, which was its home for much of the medieval period.
- Cartoon Abbey of Kells Mystery. According to many researchers, the Book of Kells is also one of the most significant works of Irish art of that time.
- Abbey of Kells. ... Kells Round Tower (21 F). Media in category "Kells Abbey". The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total.
- ...at St. Columba’s monastery on the island of Iona, off the northwest shore of Scotland, around the year 800, and then moved to the Abbey of Kells in County...
- The book found its home in the Abbey of Kells in County Meath, Ireland. It rested there for centuries until Oliver Cromwell—English revolutionary and prolific...
- Wander through the ancient monastery of the Abbey of Kells, learn about the origins of the famous Book of Kells and discover the town's large collection of early...