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Kells Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kells, Ireland
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The Cliffs of Moher...and more
This is a top pick! ... a bite to eat and finally bought the next book in the series I've been reading, also so we could say we ate in Ireland's Ennis, haha. We wanted to get to the Ring of Kerry tonight so we drove for the rest of the ...
History At Every Turn
... nbsp; We relax on the back patio and enjoy ourselves. We walk down to the Tourist Information (TI) office for some guidance around Kells. On the way, we meet up with the gentleman from earlier. As he was leaving the nearby hotel, he met ...
Abhaile go Tailteann
... Crosses and Round Tower of Kells. There's something very right about the idea of returning this magnificent Kells relic back to where it started isn't there? Ireland could do well to start setting it's ancient history back where it belongs, then maybe ...
Dinner with Friends
I spent the weekend visiting Ross in Ireland, and we decided to meet up with friends, Martin and Helena, and Padraig and Caroline, for dinner in Kells. We went to a lovely bistro and went to a proper country pub for drinks afterwards. We spent ...
Kells Church and Round Tower
This is where the book of Kells was written. The Round Tower is still in pretty good shape. Couldn't get in to get closer shots of the high crosses. ...
A taste of Kells
... time to delve briefly into some of my hometown history. So with Granny we take a short drive out of Kells to one of Ireland's prettiest villages - Moynalty. With the sun shining warmly we pay respects to loved ones in the local cemetary and ...
Will the Real Kells Please Stand Up?
... of the fabled Book of Kells. Two nights ago, when I went onto Wikipedia and found out that not only were there several Kells in Ireland (perhaps more than four - who can say?) but also that we had gone to the wrong one, you can imagine how aghast I ...
The First Kells Was Better
So we woke up in our rooms this morning, had breakfast, and went out to find the ruins of the real Kells monastery. Unfortunately, there aren't any. At least, there aren't many. The monastery was dissolved during some church reforms in the ...
An Old Haunt Indeed
... bought us food for the day's meals, so I showered at the hostel and off we went. First stop, Kells. Now, there are a few Kellses in Ireland, apparently, but we went to the Kells, as in the priory from which the Book of Kells was ...
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