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KELLS , a See also:market See also:town of See also:county See also:Meath, See also:Ireland, on the See also:Black-See also:water, 9s m. N.W. of See also:Navan on a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (Igor), 2428. The prosperity of the town depends chiefly upon its antiquarian remains. The most notable is St Columbkille's See also:house, orginally an See also:oratory, but afterwards converted into a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, the See also:chancel of which was in existence in 1752. The See also:present church is See also:modern, with the exception of the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:tower, rebuilt in 1578. Near the church there is a See also:fine though imperfect specimen of the See also:ancient See also:round tower, 99 ft. in height; and there are several ancient crosses, the finest being that now erected in the market-See also:place. Kells was originally a royal See also:residence, whence its ancient name Ceanannus, meaning the dun or circular northern fort, in which the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king resided, and the intermediate name Kenlis, meaning See also:head fort. Here See also:Conn of the See also:Hundred Fights resided in the 2nd See also:century; and here was a See also:palace of Dermot, king of Ireland, in 544–565. The other places in Ireland named Kells are probably derived from Cealla, signifying church. In the 6th century Kells, it is said, was granted to St Columbkille. Of the monastery which he is reported to have founded there are no remains, and the town owes its See also:chief ecclesiastical importance to the bishopric founded about 807, and See also:united to Meath in the 13th century. The ecclesiastical See also:establishment was noted as a seat of learning, and a See also:monument of this remains in the See also:Book of Kells an illuminated
copy of the Gospels in Latin, containing also See also:local records, dating from the 8th century, and preserved in the library of Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin. The See also:illumination is executed with extraordinary delicacy, and the See also:work is asserted to be the finest extant example of See also:early See also:Christian See also:art of this See also:kind. Neighbouring antiquities are the church of Dulane, with a fine See also:doorway, and the dun or fortification of Dimor, the See also:principal erection of a See also:series of defences on the hills about 6 m. W. of Kells. Among several seats in the vicinity is that of the See also:Marquess of Headfort. Kells returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament before the See also:Union.
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