- 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.
- 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.
- remains of the church in the ruins of Kells Priory. First off, this is not the place where the magnificent Book of Kells was created.
- ...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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
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- 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.