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The Abbey of Kells (Irish: Mainistir Cheanannais) or Kells Priory is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, 59 kilometres (37 mi) north-west of Dublin.It was founded in the early 9th century, and the Book of Kells was kept there during the later medieval and early modern periods before finally leaving the abbey in the 1650s.
Kells Priory (Irish: Prióireacht Cheanannais) is one of the largest medieval monuments in Ireland. The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells in the townland of Rathduff (Madden), about 15 km south of the medieval city of Kilkenny .
Kells (/ ˈ k ɛ l z /; Irish: Ceanannas) [a] is a town in County Meath, Ireland.The town lies off the M3 motorway, 16 km (10 mi) from Navan and 65 km (40 mi) from Dublin.Along with other towns in County Meath, it is within the commuter belt for Dublin, [3] [4] [5] and had a population of 6,608 as of the 2022 census. [2]
The Secret of Kells is a 2009 animated fantasy drama film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th century. The film is an Irish-French-Belgian co-production [ citation needed ] , led by the animation studio Cartoon Saloon , which premiered on 8 February 2009 at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival .
The Abbey of Kells was dissolved because of the ecclesiastical reforms of the 12th century. The abbey church was converted to a parish church in which the Book of Kells remained. Folio 27v contains the symbols of the Four Evangelists (clockwise from top left): an angel ( Matthew ), a lion ( Mark ), an eagle ( John ) and an ox ( Luke )
Building of Old Mellifont Abbey where part of the Synod took place.. The Synod of Kells (Irish: Sionad Cheanannais, Latin: Kenana Synodus) [1] [2] took place in 1152, under the presidency of Giovanni Cardinal Paparoni, and continued the process begun at the Synod of Ráth Breasail (1111) of reforming the Irish church.
Kells was founded as a monastic settlement by Saint Columba c. 550 on land that had been gifted to him by the King of Tara - Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Columba was exiled after the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne (AD 561). The Abbey of Kells was re-founded in the early 9th century by monks from Iona. The high crosses were erected in the 9th/10th century ...
Kells Abbey purportedly founded before 514 (in the time of St Macnise); apparently a hermitage by 828 of Ceallach mac Condmaigh, anchorite of Disirt Ceallaigh (possible confusion with same place name in County Galway);