Abbey of Kells Abbey of Kells The Abbey of Kells ("Mainistir Cheanannais" in Irish) is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, north of Dublin. It was founded in the early 9th century, and the Book of Kells was kept there during the later medieval and early modern periods before finally leaving the abbey in the 1650s. Much of the Book of Kells may have been created there, but historians cannot be certain of the exact date and circumstances of its creation. The Abbey of Kells was reportedly founded by St. Columba ca. 554, after High King Diarmuid Mac Caroll of Tara
Port Kells was laid out in 1890 by the Royal Engineers. In the early 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway was built through Port Kells and since the 1970s. The Highway has provided a neat distinction between the industrial northern portion and the rural and residential southern portion of the community. Development of the northern industrial portion occurred after 1970. The southern portion is slated to be developed into a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses from its present rural condition. Port Kells Port Kells is a neighbourhood of the City of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada, located at the northeastern end of