KELLS  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)

Meath, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, on the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black-See also:

• WATER

water, 9s m . N.W. of See also:

• NAVAN

Navan on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern railway . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (Igor), 2428 . The prosperity of the town depends chiefly upon its antiquarian remains . The most notable is St Columbkille's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, orginally an See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

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 (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel of which was in existence in 1752 . The See also:

• PRESENT

present church is See also:

• MODERN

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 (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, rebuilt in 1578 . Near the church there is a See also:

• FINE

fine though imperfect specimen of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round tower, 99 ft. in height; and there are several ancient crosses, the finest being that now erected in the market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Kells was originally a royal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

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 (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head fort . Here See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn of the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Fights resided in the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; and here was a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

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 (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief ecclesiastical importance to the bishopric founded about 807, and See also:

• UNITED

united to Meath in the 13th century .

The ecclesiastical See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was noted as a seat of learning, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of this remains in the See also:

• BOOK

Book of Kells an illuminated copy of the Gospels in Latin, containing also See also:

• LOCAL

local records, dating from the 8th century, and preserved in the library of Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . The See also:

• ILLUMINATION

illumination is executed with extraordinary delicacy, and the See also:

• WORK

work is asserted to be the finest extant example of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• ART

art of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . Neighbouring antiquities are the church of Dulane, with a fine See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, and the dun or fortification of Dimor, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal erection of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

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 (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

Marquess of Headfort . Kells returned two members to the Irish See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament before the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union .