Abbey of Kells to its presence at the abbey. Later in the same century, the monastery was dissolved with the abbey becoming a parish church and the Book of Kells continued to be kept there. Catholic landowners acquired the land. The Book of Kells remained at Kells until the 1650s when Cromwell's troops were stationed in the town. At that point it was sent to Dublin for safekeeping. In 1661, the Book of Kells ended up in Trinity College, Dublin where it has stayed ever since. Today, the monastic site includes a 10th-century round tower that rises around 90 feet from the original
Port Kells Port Kells Port Kells is a neighbourhood of the City of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada, located at the northeastern end of that city adjacent to the Fraser River and west of the neighbourhood of Walnut Grove (part of the Township of Langley). It has two major components: a largely rural southern portion located to the South of Highway 1 and a northern section north of the Highway largely consisting of industrial estates. The Township of Port Kells was founded in 1889 by two Irish pioneers, both named Henry Kells, though unrelated. It was originally intended as a port and