 Saint Dallan was a poet, Chief Ollam of Ireland, as well as a scholar of Latin scriptural learning.He helped to reform the Bardic Order at the Convention of Drumceat.In addition to Amra Choluim Chille and Amra Senáin, the following works are attributed to Dallán, although some may be later works by other poets who credited Dallan with authorship in order to make their poems more famous.