Kells, County Meath on Track" are seeking reinstatement of the Navan railway link, and on to Dublin. It is estimated that a Kells to Dublin City Centre rail service would take approximately 60 minutes depending on stops. Kells, County Meath Kells (; ) is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, from Navan and from Dublin. It is best known as the site of Kells Abbey, from which the Book of Kells takes its name. The settlement was originally known by the Irish name "Ceannanas" or "Ceannanus", and it is suggested that the name 'Kells' developed from
Archdeacon of Kells Meath, and the "Rectory of Nobber" was united to this dignity; thus the holder was sometimes called "Rector of Nobber", "Parson of Nobber", or most commonly styled Archdeacon of Nobber. In medieval times, "Kells" is called , with "Nobber" expressed as . Confusingly, the archdeacon of Kells held the "Rectory of Nobber", while the archdeacon of Meath held the "Rectory of Kells". In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese.