TCD could help Kells to live by the book
But if Trinity College Dublin committed to providing Kells with a volume of the famous Book of Kells for the main tourist season next year, it would ensure the reopening and survival of our centre.
Since 1953 the Book of Kells has been bound in four volumes. Two volumes are on public view in Trinity, one opened to display a major decorated page and the other to show two pages of script. Approximately 500,000 people pay Trinity College to see the book each year. The heritage of Kells is a cash cow for Trinity and, as such, I am not naive enough to ask them to return the book in its entirety.
