- Thought to date back to about the 8th century, this national treasure was kept for many years in the Abbey of Kells in County Meath, hence its name.
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- The name for the Book of Kells come from the Abbey of Kells in Kells, County Meath in Ireland where it was kept between about the eleventh and seventeenth...
- Things to See and Do in Kells, Ireland. Experience medieval history and Celtic spirituality by visiting the Abbey of Kells and viewing its distinctive round tower.
- For many years the book was housed at The Abbey of Kells from where it acquired its name. It is now on permanent display at Trinity College Library in Dublin.
- ...FitzRobert, a household knight and trusted companion of William Marshal the priory was one element of Geoffrey’s establishment of the medieval town of Kells.
- Discover Kells Priory in Kilkenny, Ireland: These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
- Elsewhere in Europe the fall of Roman Empire brought tumultuous times and thus to Ireland in the 4th – 6th centuries came educated people. ... Abbey of Kells.
- During my recent visit to Dublin, Ireland I was able to make my way over to the Old Library at Trinity College, home to the Book of Kells Exhibit.
- Produced by the Irish animation company Cartoon Saloon, The Secret of Kells is set in and around the Abbey of Kells, Ireland, at the time of the Viking incursions.