Kells
Kells is a town in County Meath, about 65 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 6600. "Kil-" or "Kells" denotes the cell or abode of a monk, so it's a common placename, but this is the one that for 800 years housed the Book of Kells. Wikivoyage
Population 6,602 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Ireland
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Saint Columcille's House Church · 210 m -
Kells Round Tower Attraction · 180 m - Market Street Memorial · 90 m
- The Market Cross Memorial · 110 m
- Kells High Crosses and Round Tower Memorial · 180 m
- The Parnell Garden Memorial · 220 m
- Headfort Grove 1976-2016 Memorial · 260 m
- James Carolan Memorial · 330 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.