- The Book is named after the Abbey of “Kells” – a town in County Meath in mid-east Ireland – which was its home for several centuries.
- It is regarded as a masterwork of Western calligraphy. The manuscript takes its name from the Abbey of Kells, County Meath, which was its home for centuries.
- ...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.
- 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.
- 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.
- More recently Edward Bruce, brother of Robert the Bruce, also camped on the hill following their victory over the Anglo-Normans at the Battle of Kells in 1314.
- 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.
- Brush up on the story of the Book of Kells – the relic that has survived since 800AD to become one of Ireland's greatest historical attractions.
- The Abbey of Kells (Mainistir Cheanannais in Irish) is a former monastery located in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, 40 miles north of Dublin.
- 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.