Deirdre

Deirdre
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Irish and English: name borne in Celtic legend by a tragic heroine, sometimes referred to as ‘Deirdre of the Sorrows’. The story goes that she was betrothed to Conchobhar, King of Ulster, but instead eloped with her beloved Naoise. Eventually, however, the jilted king murdered Naoise and his brothers, and Deirdre herself died of a broken heart. She is sometimes taken as symbolic of the fate of Ireland under English rule, but this has not stopped her name's being used by English parents with no Celtic blood in them. It became popular in Ireland and elsewhere in the Edwardian era, following retellings of the legend by both the poet W. B. Yeats (1907) and the playwright J. M. Synge (1910). The name itself is of uncertain derivation; the earliest Celtic forms are very variable.

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  • Deirdre — ou Derdriu, dont le nom signifie « Douleur », est une jeune fille à la beauté tragique de la mythologie celtique irlandaise. Sa légende appartient au Cycle d Ulster, elle est décrite dans le Longes mac nUislenn. Le mythe Les pleurs de… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Deirdre — [dir′drə] n. [OIr Derdriu, prob. akin to MIr der, young girl] 1. a feminine name 2. Celt. Legend an Irish heroine who elopes to Scotland with her lover to avoid marrying the king: when the lover is treacherously killed, she commits suicide …   English World dictionary

  • Deirdre — For other uses, see Deirdre (disambiguation). Deirdre (Irish pronunciation: [ˈdʲɛɾˠdʲɾʲə]) or Derdriu is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish mythology and probably its best known figure in modern times.[1] She is often called Deirdre of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Deirdre — Deidre und Leborcham Deird …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Deirdre — /dear dreuh, dree/; Irish /dair drddeuh/, n. 1. Irish Legend. the wife of Naoise, who killed herself after her husband had been murdered by his uncle, King Conchobar. 2. a female given name. * * * In medieval Irish literature, the heroine of The… …   Universalium

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  • Deirdre —    In Celtic myth she was the beautiful daughter of one of the bards at the court of Ulster, of whom it was said that she would grow up to be the most lovely woman in the world but that she would bring death to many and much sorrow to Ulster.… …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

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