Facts about Deirdre

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   William Butler Yeats adapted the story of Deirdre into a one-act play titled Deirdre, first performed in 1906.

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   After Naoise is killed by Conchobar's treachery, Deirdre famously dies of grief rather than live under the king's power.

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   Deirdre elopes with Naoise and his brothers to Scotland to escape the Ulster king Conchobar, who had intended her as his wife.

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   In the Ulster Cycle, Deirdre is foretold at birth by the druid Cathbad to bring ruin and bloodshed upon Ulster.

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   Tragic figure Deirdre is the central character of the Irish mythological tale Longes mac nUislenn, one of the Three Sorrows of Storytelling.

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