Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"

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19th-century song Irish ballad rebel song

Robert Dwyer Joyce’s "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is a 19th-century Irish ballad that poignantly depicts love, loss, and rebellion during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" canonical	1
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Robert Dwyer Joyce song)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century song ⓘ Irish ballad ⓘ rebel song ⓘ
associatedEvent	Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ surface form: United Irishmen uprising
associatedMovement	Irish nationalism ⓘ
associatedWith	Irish diaspora communities ⓘ
author	Robert Dwyer Joyce ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
culturalSignificance	classic of Irish rebel song tradition ⓘ widely performed in Irish folk repertoire ⓘ
describes	killing of the narrator’s lover ⓘ narrator joining armed rebellion ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	The Wind That Shakes the Barley ⓘ surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006 film) The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel) ⓘ
genre	Irish folk song ⓘ ballad ⓘ lament ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" ⓘ surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Robert Dwyer Joyce song)
hasForm	strophic ballad ⓘ
hasSubject	British repression in Ireland ⓘ personal sacrifice for political cause ⓘ
hasTitle	The Wind That Shakes the Barley ⓘ
historicalContext	Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
influenced	later Irish rebel songs ⓘ
inspiredTitleOf	The Wind That Shakes the Barley ⓘ surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006 film)
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Robert Dwyer Joyce ⓘ
mainTheme	loss ⓘ love ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
motif	barley as symbol of rebellion ⓘ barley as symbol of renewal ⓘ tragic love ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person narrator ⓘ
performanceContext	Irish folk sessions ⓘ Irish nationalist gatherings ⓘ commemorations of the 1798 Rebellion ⓘ
protagonistRole	young Irish rebel ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
setting	County Wexford ⓘ
subjectOf	folk music scholarship ⓘ
symbolizes	intertwining of personal love and national struggle ⓘ
tone	melancholic ⓘ tragic ⓘ

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley → titleComesFrom → Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" ⓘ

Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" → hasAlternativeName → Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" ⓘ

subject surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)

this entity surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Robert Dwyer Joyce song)