Colum Cille: a safe fort

He is the protection of a few, he is the protection of many,

safe is every one in peril to whom he is a fort;

he is a safe fort, it is a fair advantage

to be under the protection of Colum Cille.

Fergus Kelly, ed.and trans., A Poem in Praise of Colum Cille, Ériu, Vol. 24 (1973), 11.

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