Elinye lamagama athandwayo eIreland ngu I-Deirdre. Leli gama lokuqala ngezinye iilwimi, ukupeliswa nokupasa amagama, iinguqu kunye nabesilisa begama lokuqala Gervin Iintsomi zerish, kodwa owaziwa kakhulu kubo bonke. Ibali lakhe lifumaneka kwi Umjikelo weUlster kunye nokutolika kuthetha "iintlungu." Ngubani uDeirdre? Ewe, wayeyintombi ye-bard kwaye ilivo linokuthi ekubeni esibelekweni sikanina, ethekweni, wakhwaza kangangokuba zonke ii-knights zaqala ukulwa phakathi kwabo. Emva koko u-Druid Cathbad waprofeta ukuba le ntombazana yayiza kuba ntle kakhulu kodwa isiqalekiso sasiza kubunzima kulobu buhle kwaye amadoda aya kumlwela ngonaphakade.
Xa umbono wazalwa, yayikukuncama obu buhle beenwele phakathi kweenwele ezimdaka nezibomvu kodwa inkosi yaseUlster yagqiba ekubeni ingakwenzi oko kwaye imvalele kunina wexhegwazana lokutshata xa sele indala. Kodwa embindini uDeirdre uthandana nomzingeli omncinci kwaye ubaleka naye waya eBukumkanini baseAlba, eScotland yanamhlanje. Kodwa isiqalekiso sakhe senza ukuba bonke ookumkani bafune ukubulala isithandwa sakhe, uNaise, ukuba sihlale naye. Ekugqibeleni esi sibini sigqiba kwisiqithi esikude nangona singenakho ukubaleka kwiConchobar ethi ekugqibeleni ibafumane.
UNaise kunye nabantakwabo balwa nokumkani kodwa yena, ebhengeza isifungo sokunyaniseka, uyakwazi ukwenza ukuba uNaise anikezele kuye. Isoka kunye nabantakwabo babulawa kamva kwaye ibali liphela ngentloko ebomvu ebomvu isifa yintlungu okanye ukuzibulala. UConchobar wayalela ukuba awungcwabe umzimba wakhe ezindulini kodwa ilivo linokuthi lagqithiswa laza langcwatywa ecaleni kwalowo amthandayo.