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| |ShortDescription=A prose preface or introduction (''rem-fhocul'', not to be confused with the verse preface of the canonical poem), beginning ‘Loc dond remfhoc''ul''sa chet''us'' Druimm Cetta ...’ in Rawlinson B 502. | | |ShortDescription=A prose preface or introduction (''rem-fhocul'', not to be confused with the verse preface of the canonical poem), beginning ‘Loc dond remfhoc''ul''sa chet''us'' Druimm Cetta ...’ in Rawlinson B 502. |
| |Description=It tells that the poet Dallán Forgaill composed the ''Amra'' for Columba on the occasion of the convention at Druim Cett, where the abbot secured the release of [[Scandlán mac Colmáin|Scandlán Mór]], negotiated terms of peace between Ireland and the Irish settlers of Scotland and saved the learned classes from expulsion (Dallán recited it after the abbot's death). The story varies in length and detail from one manuscript version to another.<!-- Those in LU, which may represent the earliest extant version (Kenney), and the ''Liber Hymnorum'' (TCD 1441) are relatively short, while manuscripts such as Rawlinson B 502 offer a considerably longer tale and cite additional verses.{{Note|The editors of the ''Liber Hymnorum'' text subdivide the preface into a ''praefatio'' and an introduction proper beginning ‘Locus huius artis Druim Cetta ...’.}}---> | | |Description=The text relates that the poet Dallán Forgaill composed the ''Amra'' for Columba on the occasion of the convention at Druim Cett, where the abbot secured the release of [[Scandlán mac Colmáin|Scandlán Mór]], negotiated terms of peace between Ireland and the Irish settlers of Scotland and saved the learned classes from expulsion (Dallán recited it after the abbot's death). The story varies in length and detail from one manuscript version to another.<!-- Those in LU, which may represent the earliest extant version (Kenney), and the ''Liber Hymnorum'' (TCD 1441) are relatively short, while manuscripts such as Rawlinson B 502 offer a considerably longer tale and cite additional verses.{{Note|The editors of the ''Liber Hymnorum'' text subdivide the preface into a ''praefatio'' and an introduction proper beginning ‘Locus huius artis Druim Cetta ...’.}}---> |
| |Manuscripts2= | | |Manuscripts2= |
| |FormPrimary=prose; prosimetrum | | |FormPrimary=prose; prosimetrum |
| |FormSecondary=verse | | |FormSecondary=verse |
| |TextTOCintro={{Under construction}} | | |TextTOCintro={{Under construction}} |
| |TextTOC={{Text TOC | | |TextTOC={{Aid:Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille/TOC/0 remfhocul}} |
| |Title=Place, time, author and cause of composition
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| |Description=<!-----
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| * Place: Druim Cetta, though it was written elsewhere.
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| * Time: time of Áed
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| * Author: Dallán mac Forgaill (son of testimony)
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| * Cause: to attain heaven for himself and for others.
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| ---->
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Why Columba came to Ireland
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| |Description=<!---
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| Three causes (''Trí tucaite...'')
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| * release Scandlán Mór
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| * keep the poets in Ireland
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| * peace between Ireland and Scotland concerning the Dál Riata
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| --->
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Why Columba did not see Ireland at first
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| |InitiaVerse=Fuil suil nglaiss
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| |Description=<!-------------
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| anart cíartha
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| ---->
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Columba and his retinue at the assembly
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| |InitiaVerse=Cethracha saccard a lín
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Story of Domnall mac Áeda and the cranes
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| |InitiaVerse=Nas-geb feirg in rígan de
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=The poets make music (''aidbse'') for Columba
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| |InitiaVerse=Luin hic helaib, uingge oc dírnai
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Columba's pride and the demons
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| |InitiaVerse=Mór a ferta in chlerig caid
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=The poets of Ulster
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| |InitiaVerse=Emain Ulad inmain lemin, bunad feile co forcenn
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Columba's plea to Áed to retain the poets in Ireland
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| |InitiaVerse=Cormaic cain buich neóit
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Columba and Scandlán Mór
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| |InitiaVerse=Robith Calggach dom laim deis
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Columba, Scandlán Mór and Cummíne
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| |InitiaVerse=Slecht sis, a Scandláin, dom reir
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |InitiaVerse=Beir mo bachaill lat im láim;
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| |Title=The advice of Comgall mac Comgelláin
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| |InitiaVerse=A chubus con, a anim glan
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=The composition of the ''Amra'' postponed
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=The recitation of the ''Amra'' (1)
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| |InitiaVerse=Dallan mac Calla mac Eircc, meic Feradaig cen timme; Ro thinnscanad in t-Amra
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| |Title=The recitation of the ''Amra'' (2)
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| |InitiaVerse=Ni disceoil d'uib Néill andes
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=Druim Cetta
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| |InitiaVerse=Druim Cetta cete na noem
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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| }}{{Text TOC
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| |Title=The sons of Lugaid Lámderg
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| |InitiaVerse=Mithig tene is'teg n-oeged; Fethaig a Crist in muir mall; Rige duit, a Choirpri chain
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| |DescriptionQuery=No
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| |SummaryQuery=No
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