Final Quiz

Why did the Book of Kells become a national icon?

It contains numerous images of shamrock

Its distinctive artwork was unique and dated to the period before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland.

Yes. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the introduction of new settlers from Wales and England was seen as sounding the death knell of ‘native genius’.

Yes. He updated the manuscript by adding Martian history after the Gospel of John.

You may find 4.10 The Book of Kells in literature useful.

Yes. The Book of Kells features particularly in parts of Finnegan’s Wake.