- 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...
- ...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.
- Enjoy views of the picturesque countryside as you drive from destination to destination. Get to know the unspoiled treasures of Ireland's Hidden Heartlands!
- 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.
- 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 Abbey of Kells is a former monastery in Co Meath, #Ireland, reportedly founded by St Columba c 554.
- 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.
- 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.
- Survivors fled to back to Ireland to the Abbey of Kells founded by Columba in County Meath where work on the manuscript was completed.
- 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...