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[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Irish ordeals, Cormac’s adventure in the Land of Promise, and the decision as to Cormac’s sword”, in: Ernst Windisch, and Whitley Stokes [eds.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 3, Leipzig, 1891. 183–221.
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193–198 (edition); 211–216 (translation); 226–227 (notes). Recension I
[ed.] Hull, Vernam [ed. and tr.], “Echtra Cormaic maic Airt, ‘The adventure of Cormac mac Airt’”, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 64 (1949): 871–883.
Recension II. Based on the Book of Fermoy
[tr.] Carey, John [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].
§ 91. Recension II. Translated from Hull's edition of the Book of Fermoy version.
[ed.] [tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes [ed. and tr.], “Faghail craoibhe Chormaic mhic Airt: How Cormac mac Airt got his branch”, in: Standish Hayes OʼGrady, Toruigheacht Dhiarmuda agus Ghrainne; or, the pursuit after Diarmuid O'Duibhne, and Grainne, the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, King of Ireland in the third century, 3, Dublin: John O'Daly, 1857. 212–229.
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Recension III