“ KELLS, a market town of county Meath, Ireland, on the Blackwater, 93/4 m. N.W. of Navan on a branch of the Great Northern railway. Pop. of urban district (1901) , 2428. The prosperity of the town depends chiefly upon its antiquarian remains. The most notable is St Columbkille’s house, originally an oratory, but afterwards converted into a church, the chancel of which was in existence in 1752. The present church is modern, with the exception of the bell-tower, rebuilt in 1578. Near the church there is a fine though imperfect specimen of the ancient round tower, 99 ft. in height ”