Kells

Kells is a town in , about 65 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 6600. "Kil-" or "Kells" denotes the cell or abode of a monk, so it's a common placename, but this is the one that for 800 years housed the Book of Kells.
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  • Town with 6,610 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 77 metres (253 feet)
  • Description: town in County Meath, Ireland
  • Also known as
    “Ceanannas”
    “Ceanannus Mór”
    “Kells, County Meath”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kells Round Tower and St. Columb’s House.
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is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in .
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St. Columb's House is an oratory and National Monument in Kells, , Ireland.
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The in Kells, Ireland…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlanstown and Carnaross.
is a village and townland in , . is situated 4 km northeast of Kells.
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or Carnaros is a village in … is situated 6 km northwest of Kells.

Kells

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Latitude
53.7272° or 53° 43′ 38″ north
Longitude
-6.8768° or 6° 52′ 36″ west
UN/LOCODE
IE KLL
Open location code
9C5MP4GF+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52226705
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2963528
Wiki­data ID
Q917848

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kells” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيلز، مقاطعة ميث”
  • Arabic: “كيلز”
  • Basque: “Kells”
  • Belarusian: “Келс”
  • Breton: “Ceanannas”
  • Breton: “Kells”
  • Bulgarian: “Келс”
  • Catalan: “Kells”
  • Cebuano: “Kells”
  • Chinese: “凯尔斯”
  • Chinese: “凱爾斯”
  • Cornish: “Ceanannas”
  • Czech: “Kells”
  • Danish: “Kells”
  • Dutch: “Kells (Meath)”
  • Dutch: “Kells”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيلز”
  • French: “Kells”
  • German: “Kells”
  • Hebrew: “קלס”
  • Hungarian: “Kells”
  • Indonesian: “Kells, County Meath”
  • Indonesian: “Kells”
  • Irish: “Ceanannas Mór na Mí”
  • Irish: “Ceanannas Mór”
  • Irish: “Ceanannas”
  • Italian: “Kells”
  • Japanese: “ケルズ”
  • Latvian: “Kelsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Kelsas”
  • Manx: “Ceanannas, Coontae yn Vee”
  • Manx: “Ceanannas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kells”
  • Norwegian: “Kells”
  • Polish: “Kells”
  • Portuguese: “Kells”
  • Russian: “Келс”
  • Scots: “Kells”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceanannas Mór na Midhe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceanannas Mór”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceanannas”
  • Serbian: “Kels”
  • Serbian: “Келс (Ирска)”
  • Serbian: “Келс”
  • Slovak: “Kells”
  • Slovenian: “Kells”
  • Spanish: “Kells”
  • Swedish: “Ceanannas Mór”
  • Swedish: “Kells, Meath”
  • Swedish: “Kells”
  • Ukrainian: “Келлс”
  • Urdu: “کیلز، کاؤنٹی میدھ”
  • Urdu: “کیلز”
  • Welsh: “Ceanannas”
  • Welsh: “Kells”

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