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Kells (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 43 35 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.7264 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 52 45 W degrees minutes |
Long: -6.8792 decimal degrees |
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Note: Kells is a small market town situated on the River Blackwater in County Meath in Ireland. Its famous monastery was founded here by St. Columba ca. 550. The monks of that establishment in the 9th century produced the famous illuminated Book of Kells, noted as the best surviving example of early Celtic Christian manuscript art, now in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. Historic architecture remaining includes the ruins of the monastery, the house of St. Columba, later made into a church, a round tower, and ancient Celtic crosses. The 2003 estimated population was 4,400. |
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| Kells (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Ceanannus Mór (C,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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| Ceanannas (C,V,Irish Gaelic,U)
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| Ceanannus (H,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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| Ceanannus Osraighe (H,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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Meath (county) (P) |
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Kells (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important early site |
| town (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| monastic center (H) |
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founded in 6th century, dissolved in 1551; monastery is now in ruins |
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