The Amra Choluim Chilli of Dallan Forgaill (from Lebor na hUidre)

...of Scannlán. It was then that Colum Cille Saint Columba blessed Domnall, for he had been held in low esteem until then. The Queen was displeased by this blessing because Domnall was her stepson. She became angry with the cleric, and the cleric said to her: "You are being far too 'crane-like' original: corraigecht; a pun on 'restlessness' and the word for 'crane' in your behavior." "You have my permission," said the cleric, "to remain in that 'crane-like' state forever." Because of this, she was transformed into a crane. Her maidservant then began to rebuke the cleric, so he turned her into another crane. Those two cranes have remained at Druim Cheta from that time until now, as others say.

Afterward, the poets original: filid; the high-ranking professional poets of Ireland came into the assembly bringing a song of praise with them called the Aidbri a specific type of choral or musical performance. It was an exceptional piece of music, as Colmán mac Lénéni said:

Blackbirds compared to sages, an ounce compared to pounds,
The harps of common women compared to the harps of queens,
Other kings compared to Domnall, a mere hum compared to the Aidbri,
A rush-light compared to a candle, a small knife compared to my great sword.

And they all performed that music together. A sense of spiritual pride original: míad menman came over the cleric, so that the cold air above his head became filled with demons. This was revealed to Báitín Columba's cousin and successor, who rebuked the cleric. After this, the cleric tucked his head into his cowl and performed penance. When he eventually raised his head from his cowl, a great mist broke forth from his head, and the demons were scattered by that mist. The number of poets present was twelve hundred, as a certain person said:

Once, when Máel Coba of the retinues
Was at the Yew Tree of Head of the Strand Newry in the west,
He found twelve hundred poets there
By the Yew Tree in the north-west.
For three melodious years of guesting,
The champion Máel Coba supported them;
This shall be remembered until the bright Day of Judgment
For the shapely family of Demán.