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|Categories=Medieval Irish literature
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|ShortDescription=<p>A prose preface or introduction (<em>rem-fhocul</em>, 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.</p>
|ShortDescription=<p>A prose preface or introduction (<em>rem-fhocul</em>, 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.</p>
|Description=<p>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.</p>
|Description=<p>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 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.</p>
|FormPrimary=prose; prosimetrum
|FormPrimary=prose; prosimetrum
|FormSecondary=verse
|FormSecondary=verse

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