Detail of round tower and unfinished cross, Kells Abbey (Mainistir Cheanannais), 9th century, County Meath, Ireland, in the morning. Kells Abbey was originally founded c.554 by St Columba on the site of a former hill fort and refounded in the early 9th century by Columban monks fleeing Viking raids on Iona. The Abbey is famous for safeguarding the Book of Kells until 1661 when it was transferred to Trinity College Dublin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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