Deirdre: The Highest Type of Celtic Womanhood Author(s): A. C. Macdonell Source: The Celtic Review, Vol. 8, No. 32 (May, 1913), pp. 347-356 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30070259 Accessed: 27-06-2016 07:16 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 07:16:41 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms DEIRDRE 347 a single reference to the harp or even to the fiddle, though there are a good few references to music, and two or three to the pipes and the Jew's harp. DEIRDRE THE HIGHEST TYPE OF CELTIC WOMANHOOD PART I 'I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway or on pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart's core.' W. B. YEATs. IN my ears the roar of the cataract, and before my eyes floats a vision of other days, and the mists of spirits departed. By the still dark pools of the Etive, where the silvery salmon lies beneath the shadow of rocks, with tangle of glossy-leaved berry mingling its tendrils amidst the vivid green of evergreen mosses and delicate fronds of ferns.