{"product_id":"amra-choluim-chille-dallans-elegy-for-columba","title":"Amra Choluim Chille, Dallán's Elegy for Columba","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis remarkable poem was composed soon after St Colm Cille's death in 597 on the island of Iona off the Scottish coast. It is the earliest datable work in Gaelic literature and linguistically, one of the most problematic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfessor P L Henry, one of a handful of experts on archaic Irish, has undertaken the formidable task of preparing a new edition of the \u003cem\u003eAmra\u003c\/em\u003e, the first since 1899. He has added an illuminating Foreword and translated the poem into English and modern Irish. A version in modern Scottish Gaelic has been provided by the distinguished poet Aonghas MacNeacail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1965 the artist Brian Ferran won the Douglas Hyde Gold Medal at the Oireachtas with a painting on Colm Cille, a recurring theme in his work. He has responded to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith a series of stunning paintings, beautifully complemented by the calligraphy of the Scottish artist Donald Murray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31943553679430,"sku":"696","price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/AmraCholuimChille_Dallan_sElegyforColumba.jpg?v=1593415654","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/amra-choluim-chille-dallans-elegy-for-columba","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}