Kells Round Tower

Kells Round Tower is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, is National Monuments. Kells turned into founded as a monastic settlement by Saint Columba c. 550 on land that had been proficient to him via the King of Tara - Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Columba was exiled after the Battle of Cul Dreimhne. The Abbey of Kells was refounded within the early ninth century by using priests from Iona. The excessive crosses have been erected inside the 9th/10th century and the round tower inside the tenth century.

The Annals of Tigernach kingdom that in 1076 Murchadh son of Flann O Maolseachlainn, turned into treacherously killed by using Olaf son of Maelan, king of the Galenga, in the round tower of Kells, and straightway, via a miracle of St Columcill's, Olaf himself was killed by means of Maolseachlainn son of Conchobhar. Olaf be aware the Norse name became king of Gailenga Brega, a nation located among the River Liffey and Santry. Murchadh became King of Mide for a time in 1073. Maolseachlainn son of Conchobhar was himself later King of Mide, 1094 to 1105. Like most spherical towers, it has misplaced its cap, in all likelihood due to lightning moves.