- The Abbey of Kells is a former monastery in Co Meath, #Ireland, reportedly founded by St Columba c 554.
- Currently, the Priory at Kells is being restored by Ireland’s Office of Public Works (OPW) as part of an initiative to protect the Celtic ruins in the countryside.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Abbey of Kells (Mainistir Cheanannais in Irish) is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, 40 miles (64km) north of Dublin.
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- Why is the Book of Kells in Dublin and not in Kells of County Meath? The monastery’s glory years had faded by the mid 17th Century.
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- 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.
- Later, an Irish farmer discovered the manuscripts sticking out of the mud in his field. He turned it into the Abbey of Kells, which was its home for centuries.