Note 997 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Cenandas. Kells, Co. Meath. The oldest written form of the name is Cennannas (Leb. na hUidhre, 58a). In the Book of Leinster it is written cenn-arus, ‘head abode;’ from which the succeeding changes seem to have been to cenn-lis (‘head fort’) and then to Ken-lis, and finally to Kells.