Deirdre: The Highest Type of Celtic Womanhood Author(s): Alice C. Macdonell Source: The Celtic Review, Vol. 9, No. 33 (Aug., 1913), pp. 41-48 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30070276 Accessed: 27-06-2016 04:49 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Celtic Review This content downloaded from 131.247.112.3 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:49:43 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms DEIRDRE 41 himself. Unless, then, the degenerate descendants of this man are to be deemed Romani, there was no Roman sur- viving in Britain in our author's own time. DEIRDRE THE HIGHEST TYPE OF CELTIC WOMANHOOD ALICE C. MACDONELL PART II 'TAKE a blessing from me eastward to Alba; good is the sight of her bays and valleys; pleasant was it to sit on the slopes of her hills when the Sons of Usnach used to be hunting.' So sang the sweet Dearshula, Darthula, the name they knew her by in Alba on account of her dark blue eyes. When she spoke the above words, she was far from the home of her choice, with a heart sick for sorrow.