Labraid the Swift, the Sword-Wielder

Also known as: Labra / Labraid · First appears: The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2

Life events

• Cuchulain sent word that he would join Labraid's hosts.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2)
  • With: Cuchulain
  • “Cuchulain hath sent word to thee that he will come to join thy hosts.”
• In the second version, cuchulain goes to Labraid's land and joins him in confronting the army.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3 · 📍 the Island of Labraid)
  • With: Cuchulain
  • “And Cuchulain, when he had heard that report, went on with Liban to that land, and he took his chariot with him. And they came to the Island of Labraid, and there Labraid and all the women that were there bade them welcome”
• In the second version, labraid breaks the armies after approaching Cuchulain.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3)
  • With: Cuchulain
  • “and after that Labraid approached, and he brake before him those armies.”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2

• married with Liban “I have brought to thee a message from my spouse, Labraid the Swift, the Sword-Wielder,”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3

• friends with Failbe (The text identifies Labra as Labraid.) “In one house dwells white Failbe, With Labra, his friend;”

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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.