Kells' Burial Grounds County Meath

Contains approx 900 memorials found in the three major graveyards St Columcille RC Cemetery, St John’s Cemetery and St Columba’s Church of Ireland found in Kells.

The book contains approx 900 memorials found in the three major graveyards St Columcille RC Cemetery, St John’s Cemetery and St Columba’s Church of Ireland found in Kells a small market town between Virginia and Navan. Quiet and unassuming this gentle place belies its turbulent past which dates back to the time of St Columcille when the Norseman and later the English strove to crush a town which refused to be conquerored.Time after time Kells equally determined to survive rose from the ashes much to the annoyance of its would-be masters . Today Kells plays host to many tourists who come to learn its history and gaze with wonder on the antiquities of a forgotten age.