When master illustrator Aidan (Mick Lally) eludes the Vikings and arrives at the abbey’s gates, he brings the Book of Iona-cum-Kells with him. Aidan enlists Brendan’s help to finish the book ...

All this changes when Brother Aidan, a charismatic master illuminator whose work is of such high quality that “it’s capable of turning darkness into light,” shows up at Kells with a book he ...

Irish monks, a woodland sprite, a young boy and Ireland’s most famous illuminated manuscript grace this charming Irish indie, a Best Animated Feature nominee in an unusually competitive year.

Brendan’s mentor, Aidan (Mick Lally), is introduced as a “master illuminator” who is in possession of a magical manuscript, “The Book of Kells,” that may be the key to saving them.

rushes to aid master illuminator Aidan (Mick Lally) complete the holy book of Kells before rampaging armies of Norsemen lay waste to all they know. Helping Brendan: Aisling (Christen Mooney), a ...

His parents killed in one such raid, 12-year-old novice Brendan lives within the walled monastery of Kells under the stern guardianship of his uncle, Abbot Cellach. When Brother Aidan arrives with ...

Like the crystal lens that is a crucial element of Aidan’s craft an enchanted eye that refracts and renews his, and then Brendan’s, perception “The Secret of Kells” discloses strange ...

But Brendan soon meets Aidan, an abbot who believes in finishing and preserving a sacred manuscript. This manuscript will become the Book of Kells, today regarded as Ireland’s finest national ...

The Secret of Kells has at its heart the story of the real ... However, Brendan’s life is transformed by the arrival of Brother Aidan, a master illuminator, who initiates him in the art and ...

An animated tale set 1200 years ago in a desolate Irish wilderness which houses Kells Abbey where 12-year-old orphan Brendan encounters Brother Aidan, the keeper of the extraordinary but unfinished ...

An animated tale set 1200 years ago in a desolate Irish wilderness which houses Kells Abbey where 12-year-old orphan Brendan encounters Brother Aidan, the keeper of the extraordinary but unfinished ...