Battle of Kells by a supposed offer of fealty from Lord O'Dempsey from Offaly. The two armies met outside Kells, where the Scots began to burn the town. After three hours of fighting, the de Lacy brothers withdrew, leaving Mortimer to fight a much larger force. With his army destroyed and Kells burning, Mortimer managed to escape with a few knights and ride to Dublin. The Scots then burned Granard and march for two months unopposed through the midlands, devastating the country. Battle of Kells The Battle of Kells was a battle between Edward Bruce and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. After
Robert Kells the Queen's (Queen Victoria) Bodyguard on 1 January 1881. In June 1901 he received the Royal Victorian Medal from King Edward VII during an inspection of the Yeomen. Kells died on 14 April 1905 and he is buried in Lambeth cemetery in South London. His "Victoria Cross" medal is one of four of his on display at the regimental museum of the 9th/12th Lancers in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. These medals sold at auction in 2006 for 130,000 pounds. Robert Kells Robert Kells, (7 April 1832 – 14 April 1905) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. Kells was