Elinye lamagama athandwa kakhulu e-Ireland lithi I-Deirdre. Okusho igama lokuqala Gaelic izinganekwane zase-irish, kodwa okwaziwa kakhulu kunakho konke. Indaba yakhe itholakala ku- Umjikelezo we-Ulster futhi ukuhumusha kusho "ubuhlungu." Wayengubani uDeirdre? Yebo, wayeyindodakazi ka-bard futhi inganekwane ithi usesibelethweni sikanina, emcimbini, wakhala kakhulu kangangokuba wonke ama-knights aqala ukulwa phakathi kwabo. Bese kuthi uDruid Cathbad aprofethe ukuthi le ntombazane izoba yinhle kakhulu kepha ukuthi isiqalekiso sizobunzima kulobu buhle nokuthi amadoda azomlwela ingunaphakade.
Lapho kuzalwa umqondo, kwakuwukunikela ngalobu buhle ngezinwele eziphakathi kwezinwele ezimhlophe nezibomvu kodwa inkosi yase-Ulster yanquma ukungakwenzi futhi yamvalela ezandleni zesalukazi ukuze isishade ngokushesha lapho isikhulile. Kepha phakathi uDeirdre uthandana nomzingeli osemncane futhi ubalekela naye waya eMbusweni wase-Alba, iScotland yanamuhla. Kodwa isiqalekiso sakhe senza wonke amakhosi ukuthi afune ukubulala isoka lakhe, uNaise, ukuze lihlale naye. Ekugcineni lo mbhangqwana uphelela esiqhingini esikude yize bengeke baphunyuke eConchobar ogcina ebathola.
UNaise nabafowabo balwa nenkosi kepha yona, ifunga isifungo sokwethembeka, iyakwazi ukwenza uNaise anikele uDeidre kuyo. Isoka nabafowabo babulawa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kanti indaba iphela ngokufa kwebhungu elibomvu ngosizi noma ukuzibulala. UConchobar wayalela ukuthi angcwabe isidumbu sakhe emagqumeni kodwa inganekwane ithi wasidlulisa wangcwatshwa eduze kwesithandwa sakhe.