Kells Priory

Summary

Kells Priory is a priory^[1]. It draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (priory category, ranking #24 of 155).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kells Priory is located in County Kilkenny^[3].
• Kells Priory is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Kells Priory's instance of is recorded as priory^[5].
• Kells Priory's instance of is recorded as monastery ruins^[6].
• Kells Priory's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture^[7].
• Kells Priory's Commons category is recorded as Kells Priory^[8].
• 1193 marks the founding of Kells Priory^[9].
• Kells Priory's religious order is recorded as Canons Regular of Saint Augustine^[10].
• Kells Priory's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 52.53833333, 'longitude': -7.26694444}^[11].
• Kells Priory's described at URL is recorded as https://kells.frantzen.de/^[12].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as May Sparks and Eric Bligh: Kilkenny Pen and Picture Pages of Its Story, Kilkenny, 1926^[13].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as Monuments of Christianity, in: Art and Architecture of Ireland, Volume 1, Medieval c.400-c.1600, Royal Irish Academy 2015, pp. 121-223^[14].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as Peter Harbison: Guide to the National and Historic Monuments of Ireland^[15].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as M. Clyne: Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: archaeological excavations by T. Fanning & M. Clyne, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Dublin, 2007.^[16].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as Kells Priory - A defended monastery in County Kilkenny, Heritage Guide No. 66, 2014^[17].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory IV^[18].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as C. A. Empey: The Sacred and the Secular: The Augustinian Priory of Kells in Ossory, 1193-1541, in: Irish Historical Studies Vol. 24, No. 94 (Nov., 1984), pp. 131-151^[19].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings, volume III, medieval gothic, the last phases. by Harold G. Leask, 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 190 + 29 pls. + 81 text figs. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, 1960. 42s^[20].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as Irish churches and monastic buildings. II. Gothic architecture to A.D. 1400. By Harold G. Leask. 9½ × 7¼. Pp. xiv + 162 + 28 pls. Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, 1958. 35s.^[21].
• Kells Priory's described by source is recorded as John Commins: Notes on the Places of Antiquarian Interest Visited By The Society, May, 1906, in: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1906^[22].
• Kells Priory's heritage designation is recorded as national monument of Ireland^[23].
• Kells Priory's significant person is recorded as Hugh Rufus^[24].
• Kells Priory's significant person is recorded as Geoffrey FitzRobert^[25].
• Kells Priory's significant person is recorded as Robert I of Scotland^[26].
• Kells Priory's significant person is recorded as Elias of Shortallstown^[27].

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Founding

1193 marks the founding of Kells Priory^[9].

Why It Matters

Kells Priory draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (priory category, ranking #24 of 155).^[2]