Kells, County Meath

Kells ( Irish: Ceanannas ) is a town in County Meath in the east of the Republic of Ireland.

For most of the 20th century was the official name of Kells ' Irish Ceanannas Mór. In the late 20th century, the city returned to the better-known English-language version of their name and severed beyond the Mór, " the main fortress ", " office ", from the Irish-language names.

History

As a Pale - border town of Kells was in the Middle Ages the site of numerous battles; However Kells became world famous, especially in church historical or cultural terms.

For the name of Kells in the world's most significant is the Book of Kells, a 800 arisen, richly illustrated manuscript that was preserved until 1654 in Kells Abbey, until it in Trinity College, arrived in Dublin a short time later, where the original there is until now. In Kells are semi- officially only a few pages to visit in facsimile.

Demographics and traffic connections

At the Census 2006 there were 5,248 people in Kells. The number of residents has increased noticeably by commuters in the 65- km from Dublin since the mid- 1990s.

The city lies between Navan and Virginia at the important National Road N3 from Dublin via Cavan to the Irish Northwest Coast at Ballyshannon; also introduces the N52 Dundalk ( on the north east coast) to Mullingar in Westmeath ( and further into the Irish west and southwest ) about Kells. On the rail transport in Ireland Kells is no longer connected since 1963, but is several times connected by Bus Éireann daily in one and a half hours by Busáras in Dublin.

Personalities

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