Lebor na hUidre or the
Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish
vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century. It is the oldest extant manuscript in
Irish. It is held in the
Royal Irish Academy and is badly damaged: only 67 leaves remain and many of the texts are incomplete. It is named after an anachronistic legend that it was made from the hide of a
dun cow by Saint
Ciarán of Clonmacnoise.