Kells may refer to:
Places
Republic of Ireland
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Kells, County Clare (Irish: ), a townland; see
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Kells, County Kerry (Irish: ), a townland; see
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Kells, County Kilkenny
Kells () is a village in County Kilkenny in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is about 15 km south of Kilkenny. It is situated on high ground to the south of the Kings River (Ireland), Kings River. The village is in a townland and Civil pari ...
(Irish: ), a village
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Kells Priory
Kells Priory () is one of the largest medieval monuments in Ireland. The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells, County Kilkenny, Kells in the townland of Rathduff (Madden), about 15 km south of th ...
, a large, ruined Augustinian priory, established 1193
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Kells, County Limerick (Irish: ), a townland; see
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Kells, County Meath
Kells (; ) is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, from Navan and from Dublin. Along with other towns in County Meath, it is within the commuter belt for Dublin, and had a population of 6,608 as of the 2022 ce ...
(Irish: ), a town
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Abbey of Kells
The Abbey of Kells () or Kells Priory is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, north-west 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 perio ...
, maybe founded by St. Columba in 554
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Kells (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Kells may refer to:
Places Republic of Ireland
* Kells, County Clare (Irish: ), a townland; see List of townlands of County Clare
* Kells, County Kerry (Irish: ), a townland; see List of townlands of County Kerry
* Kells, County Kilkenny (Iri ...
until 1800
United Kingdom
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Kells, County Antrim
Kells is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The village of Connor lies close by, and the two are often spoken of collectively. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people (808 households) in the 2011 Census. The ...
, Northern Ireland (Irish: )
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Kells, Whitehaven
Kells is an area of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England, elevated on a cliff to the south of the town centre, overlooking the Irish Sea. The population of this ward at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 2,437. Kells was built as a coal min ...
, Cumbria, England
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Kells, Dumfries and Galloway
Kells parish, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland, is located 14 miles ( NWbN) from Castle-Douglas, and 19 miles (NbW) from Kirkcudbright. It contains, with the burgh of New Galloway, 1121 inhabitants.
History and description
Kells ...
, Scotland
Other uses
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Kells (band)
Kells was a symphonic metal band out of Lyon, France, formed in 2001 by vocalist Virginie Goncalves, guitarist Patrick Garcia, and keyboardist Fabrice Desire. Since then Fabrice has left the band while Julien Nicolas and Laurent Lesina were adde ...
, a French band
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Kells (name) Kells is a surname, also used as a nickname and given name.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Bill Kells, New Zealand rugby league player
* Greg Kells, Canadian businessman and politician
* Harriet B. Kells, American educator, a ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Kells A.R.L.F.C., an English rugby league club
* Tribal leaders of alien clans in the video game ''
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fate
Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...
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See also
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Kell (disambiguation)
Kell may refer to:
People
* Kell (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Kell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Kell (footballer) (José Clebson Augustinho, ...
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The Book of Kells (disambiguation) The Book of Kells
The Book of Kells (; ; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. 8 sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illustrated manuscript and Celts, Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the Gospel, four Gospels of the New T ...
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Book of Kells
The Book of Kells (; ; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. 8 sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illustrated manuscript and Celts, Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the Gospel, four Gospels of the New Testament togeth ...
, an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, c. 800 AD
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Kells railway station (disambiguation) Kells railway station may refer to:
* Kells railway station (Northern Ireland), on the Ballymena and Larne Railway, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
* Kells railway station (County Kerry), on the Great Southern and Western Railway, in County Ke ...
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Port Kells, British Columbia, Canada
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