Ireland
Leinster
Kilkenny

Kells

Kilkenny is the county town of in southeast Ireland, with a population of 27,000 in 2022. At its core is the medieval city founded by the Normans, and in the 1640s it was effectively the capital of Ireland.
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  • Type: Village with 274 residents
  • Description: village in County Kilkenny, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Kells, County Kilkenny”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Water Tower and Lacken Well.

Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruins.

Spring
Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a spring.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stoneyford and Dunnamaggin.

Village
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, officially Stonyford is a small town in , . It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of . is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. is situated 3 km east of Kells.

Village
is a small village in the south , Ireland, on the R699 road between and , east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and . is situated 4½ km southwest of Kells.

Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , . It is situated on the R713 road between the villages of to the north, and to the south. is situated 7 km southeast of Kells.

Kells

Latitude
52.53966° or 52° 32′ 23″ north
Longitude
-7.27337° or 7° 16′ 24″ west
Population
274
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
9C4JGPQG+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52243108
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2963529
Wiki­data ID
Q4219147
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Kells” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kells (Kilkenny konderria)”
  • Basque: “Kells”
  • Cebuano: “Kells”
  • Dutch: “Kells, County Kilkenny”
  • Dutch: “Kells”
  • French: “Kells”
  • Irish: “Ceanannas, Contae Chill Chainnigh”
  • Irish: “Ceanannas”
  • Italian: “Kells”
  • Russian: “Келс”
  • Spanish: “Kells”
  • Swedish: “Kells, Kilkenny”
  • Swedish: “Kells”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Catholic Church and Community Hall and Scouts Den.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kells”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.