- Kells is a little town in County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland. The Book of Kells or the Book of Columba is a book that contains each of the four gospels.
- 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.
- Brush up on the story of the Book of Kells – the relic that has survived since 800AD to become one of Ireland's greatest historical attractions.
- In the 12th century, details of land charters for the abbey were copied onto blank pages of the Book of Kells as was common practice for the period.
- Others suspect the monks may have finished it after moving to the Abbey of Kells in County Meath, Ireland, the monastery for which the book was named.
- ...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 abbey at Iona and the Abbey of Kells were closely linked, leading many to hypothesise the book was started in Iona and perhaps finished in Kells.
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- Also known as. English. Abbey of Kells. former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland.