Yellow Book of Lecan
| Leabhar Buidhe Leacáin | |
|---|---|
| Trinity College Library | |
| Also known as | Yellow Book of Lecan |
| Date | between 1391 and 1401 |
| Place of origin | Lecan |
| Language(s) | Middle Irish |
| Scribe(s) | Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh |
| Material | Vellum |
| Size | 32cm x 22cm |
| Format | Folio |
| Script | Irish minuscule |
| Contents | Ulster Cycle |
The Yellow Book of Lecan (Leabhar Buidhe Leacáin), or TCD MS 1318 (olim H 2.16), is a late medieval Irish manuscript. It contains much of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, besides other material.
The manuscript is written on vellum and contains 344 columns of text. The first 289 were written by 1391; the remainder were written by 1401. It is written in Middle Irish. Lecan was the site of the Mac Fhirbhisigh school of poetry in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe, now Lackan in Kilglass parish, County Sligo (54°14′31″N 9°04′19″W / 54.242°N 9.072°W). The manuscript is currently housed at Trinity College, Dublin. It should not be confused with the Great Book of Lecan.
The book contains nearly the whole of the Ulster Cycle, including a partial version of the Táin Bó Cúailnge which is a compilation of two or more earlier versions, indicated by the number of duplicated episodes and references to other versions in the text. This incomplete Táin Bó Cúailnge overlaps with the partial version given in the Book of the Dun Cow; the complete text known today was derived from the combination of these . The version of Fergus mac Róich's death tale in the Yellow Book of Lecan is the oldest one that survives. The Yellow Book of Lecan also contains parts of the Táin Bó Flidhais or the Mayo Táin, a tale set in Erris, Co. Mayo.
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