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
The Book of Kells (audio drama) broadcast on digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra on 10 Jan 2013 as a single hour-long episode. The Book of Kells (audio drama) The Book of Kells is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions. At the Abbey of Kells in Ireland in the year 1006, the Doctor finds the famous Book of Kells in the hands of mysterious monks. The Meddling Monk (originally played by Peter Butterworth) encountered the First Doctor in the 1960s TV stories "The Time Meddler" and "The Daleks'