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| Bill Connell | profile | all galleries >> Ireland Travels -- 22 galleries >> Ireland - Kilkenny, Ireland >> Kells Priory - Kilree Monastic Site | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny |
 Main entrance to Kells Priory |
 Augustinian priory of St Mary was founded c.1193 beside the King’s River at the edge of the medieval borough of Kells |
 Kells Priory is one of Ireland's most impressive monastic sites |
 The thick walls show that life was not always easy at Kells |
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 Inside are the remains of an Augustinian abbey and the foundations of chapels and houses. |
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 At present you are free to wander and explore as you wish at Kells Priory |
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 On our visit we were the only two people there for most of the time. |
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 Outside the walls near the King River |
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 Stopping for a rest |
 Thick and fortified walls. |
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 Kilree Monastic site is almost hidden in a ring of trees |
 It is situated just a few miles from Kells Priory. |
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 The Round Tower at Kilree has a battlement style top |
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 Inside the church at Kilree |
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 Inside the church at Kilree |
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 Kilree Round Tower from the nearby pasture |
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