When an unborn child screamed from the womb at a feast in Emain Macha, Cathbad the druid prophesied that the girl would be called Deirdre, that she would be the fairest woman in Ireland, and that she would bring ruin upon Ulster.
Conchobar mac Nessa raised Deirdre in seclusion to be his bride, but she fled with Naoise to Alba. When Conchobar mac Nessa lured them back under safe-conduct and treacherously killed Naoise and his brothers, Deirdre chose death over captivity.
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