Daya daga cikin shahararrun sunayen Irish shine Deirdre. Sunan asalin Gaelic ne kuma sunan ɗayan tsoffin jarumai mata na tatsuniyoyin irish, amma mafi kyawun sananne. Ana samun labarinsa a cikin Tsarin Ulster kuma fassara yana nufin "zafi." Wanene Deirdre? Da kyau, 'yar bariki ce kuma almara tana da cewa kasancewa a cikin mahaifar mahaifiyarta, a wurin biki, ta yi irin wannan kukan har duk masu son fada sun fara fada a tsakaninsu. Sannan Druid Cathbad ya yi annabci cewa yarinyar za ta yi kyau sosai amma la'ana za ta auna wannan kyakkyawar kuma maza za su yi mata yaƙi har abada.
Lokacin da aka haifi ra'ayin, shine sadaukar da wannan kyaun gashi tsakanin gashi mai launin ja da ja amma sarkin Ulster ya yanke shawarar kin yin hakan kuma ya kulle ta cikin kulawar wata tsohuwa don aurenta da zarar ta tsufa. Amma a tsakiyar Deirdre ya ƙaunaci wani saurayi mai farauta kuma ya gudu da shi zuwa Masarautar Alba, Scotland ta yanzu. Amma tsinuwar ta sa duk sarakuna suka so kashe saurayin nata, Naoise, don ya kasance tare da ita. Daga qarshe ma'auratan sun qare akan wani tsibiri mai nisa kodayake ba za su iya tserewa daga Conchobar wanda a qarshe ya same su ba.
Naoise da 'yan uwanta suka yi yaƙi da sarki amma shi, don kiran rantsuwa ta aminci, ya yi nasarar sanya Naoise ya ba da Deidre gare shi. Daga baya aka kashe saurayin da brothersan uwansa kuma labarin ya ƙare da matashi mai jan gashi yana baƙin ciki ko kashe kansa. Conchobar ya ba da umarnin binne gawarsa a cikin tsaunuka amma labari yana da cewa an canja shi an binne shi kusa da na ƙaunataccensa.