Texts
Scéla Labrada Luirc
Incoming data
Middle Irish tale which tells how Labraid Lorc tried to conceal the fact that he had the ears of a horse and how the truth came out.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iii 2
to be confirmed
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)
Untitled in the manuscript, this tale forms another appendix to the commentary on line 20 of the poem.
p. 74a.31 = col. 690.31–
Text
London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782
to be confirmed
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] [tr.] Ó Cuív, Brian, “Some items from Irish tradition”, Éigse 11:3 (1965–1966): 167–187, 290.
The version from NLI G 50 edited and translated.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “Mythological notes”, Revue Celtique 2 (1873–1875): 197–203, 507.
Internet Archive: <link>
197–199 The version from YBL edited, translated and only briefly discussed.
