• 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.
  • Regularly updated information about Abbey of Kells from Courthouse section. Abbey of Kells located at the address Kells, Meath, Ireland.
  • During the later medieval and early modern periods the Book of Kells was kept in the Abbey of Kells (Mainistir Cheanannais in Irish) in Kells, County Meath...
  • 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...
  • ...monasteries of Ireland: the Cong Abbey, the Leyssedell Mansion, the Dublin Cathedral of St. Kenaike, the Abbey of Mylleifont, the Abbey of Kells and others.
  • The majority of this book is said to have been written on Iona and carried back to the Abbey of Kells for preservation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Abbey St • 7 dakikalık yürüyüş mesafesinde. ... The Book of Kells is also on display and can be viewed on your visit. Best wishes, The Book of Kells team.
  • The Book is named after the Abbey ofKells” – a town in County Meath in mid-east Ireland – which was its home for several centuries.