As seen from a pathway between Mullins Mill and the priory, across the King's River.
A delightful, almost magical, place.

Wiki gives us the following bit of history:

"Kells Priory was founded by Geoffrey FitzRobert in 1193.
FitzRobert was brother-in-law to Strongbow and the priory succeeded an earlier church which was
dedicated to St. Mary, the Blessed Virgin and served as parish church to nearby Kells village.

During its first century and a half the priory was attacked and burned on three occasions,
firstly by Lord William de Bermingham in 1252, by the Scots army of Edward Bruce on Palm Sunday 1326,
and by a second William de Bermingham in 1327. It seems likely then that the walls and
fortifications date back to this period of unrest."