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Irish poet and saint

Eochaid mac Colla (c.

An early Christian Irish poet and saint known as the writer of the "Amra Coluim Chille" ("Elegy of Saint Columba") and, traditionally, "Rop Tú Mo Baile".

Dallán Forgaill (flourished 6th century ad) was the chief Irish poet of his time, probably the author of the Amra Choluim Chille, or Elegy of St. Columba.

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Eochaid mac Colla, better known as Saint Dallán or Dallán Forgaill, was an early Christian Irish poet and saint known as the writer of the "Amra Coluim Chille" and, traditionally, "Rop Tú Mo Baile".

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560 – 640), better known as Saint Dallán or Dallán Forgaill (Old Irish: Dallán Forchella; Latin: Dallanus Forcellius; Primitive Irish: Dallagnas Worgēllas), was an early Christian Irish poet and saint known as the writer of the "Amra Coluim Chille" ("Elegy of Saint Columba") and, traditionally, "Rop Tú Mo Baile"^[1] ("Be Thou My Vision").

Personal history

Saint Dallan's given name was Eochaidh (Old Irish: Eochaid); his father was Colla, a descendant of the legendary High King Colla Uais, and his mother was Forgall (Old Irish: Forchella).^[2] His nickname, Dallán ("little blind one"), was earned after he lost his sight,^[3] reputedly as a result of studying intensively.

He was born in Maigen (now Ballyconnell), at the eastern edge of the territory of the Masraige of Magh Slécht in the north-west of modern County Cavan. He was not a member of the Masraige but belonged