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Abbot Cellach
Abbot Cellach
Cellach is Brendan's Uncle and the Abbot of Kells

Species

Human

Voiced By

Brendan Gleeson

Family

Brendan

Friends

The Brothers

Enemies

The Vikings

Abbot Cellach is a fictional character from the movie The Secret Of Kells serving as the secondary tritagonist. He is voiced by Brendan Gleeson.

History[]

Pre-movie, Abbot Cellach’s sister, along with her husband, was killed during a Viking attack. They left behind a baby Brendan, who the Abbot rescued by taking down a trio of Vikings. His facial scar comes from protecting Brendan that night. He raised Brendan along with the monks in Kells.

He was wounded when the Vikings attacked the Abbey.

Characteristics[]

A former illuminator himself, Abbot Cellach now utilizes his talents to design a wall to protect the Abbey of Kells from invasion. He is very concerned for everyone's safety, especially that of his nephew Brendan.

Abbot Cellach is very strict, especially with things concerning Brendan. He is very protective of Kells and does everything he can to stop the Vikings from conquering Kells. Therefore, the wall around the Abbey he is creating is very much the only thing that concerns him, although Aidan, who had already seen the Vikings destroying Iona, insists that no wall would stop the Northmen for long. Despite his strict personality, he try to save Brendan and Aidan when he locked them in the scriptorium during the Viking invasion of the Abbey. Only at the end of the movie, after the destruction of Kells (and therefore the wall having been proved useless), does Abbot Cellach have a change of heart.

Relationships[]

Brendan[]

Cellach loves his nephew and tries to save him from the Vikings. The Abbot is strict with Brendan and disallows him to go outside the walls or be around Aidan. It is only at the end of the movie that Abbot realizes that he should have listened to Brendan about the Book of Kells, and Brendan returns from his journey.

Aidan[]

Cellach's and Aidan's relationship is troubled. Abbot doesn't agree with Aidan letting Brendan write the Book of Kells, while Aidan thinks Cellach is wrong and disagrees with his thought that the walls would keep the Vikings away. However, the book states that they were friends, and even describes them sharing jokes and laughing during a meal. This backstory is reflected when Aiden refers to him as ''Brother Cellach'' before correcting himself.

Aisling[]

Aisling and Abbot Cellach had never interacted by the fact that Abbot never went outside the walls of Kells during the movie, and was asleep the only time Aisling entered Kells.

Pangur Ban[]

Pangur Ban and Abbot Cellach have interacted once, though the two have no relationship shared: Cellach sees Pangur only as a common cat and thus is not interested in her.

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