Requiem for the Croppies
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"Requiem for the Croppies" is a poem by Seamus Heaney commemorating the Irish rebel fighters of the 1798 uprising and reflecting on themes of sacrifice, memory, and national identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Requiem for the Croppies canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Requiem for the Croppies Context triple: [Wintering Out, hasPoem, Requiem for the Croppies]
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A.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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B.
Flight of the Earls
The Flight of the Earls was the 1607 departure into exile of leading Gaelic Irish nobles, an event that marked the collapse of traditional Gaelic lordship and paved the way for intensified English control in Ireland.
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C.
Free Derry Corner
Free Derry Corner is an iconic civil rights monument in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, best known for its gable wall bearing the slogan "You are now entering Free Derry."
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D.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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E.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Requiem for the Croppies Target entity description: "Requiem for the Croppies" is a poem by Seamus Heaney commemorating the Irish rebel fighters of the 1798 uprising and reflecting on themes of sacrifice, memory, and national identity.
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A.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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B.
Flight of the Earls
The Flight of the Earls was the 1607 departure into exile of leading Gaelic Irish nobles, an event that marked the collapse of traditional Gaelic lordship and paved the way for intensified English control in Ireland.
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C.
Free Derry Corner
Free Derry Corner is an iconic civil rights monument in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, best known for its gable wall bearing the slogan "You are now entering Free Derry."
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D.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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E.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish rebels
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addresses | British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType | poetry collection ⓘ |
| commemorates | Irish rebels of 1798 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Battle of Vinegar Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish rebel fighters ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
commemorative poem
ⓘ
political poem ⓘ war poem ⓘ |
| hasForm | single stanza ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary Irish memory of 1798 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEventDescribed | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 18th century ⓘ |
| includedIn | Seamus Heaney selected poems collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Irish poetry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Irish Rebellion of 1798
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish history ⓘ Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | Door into the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | croppies ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1798 ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Irish literature courses
ⓘ
postcolonial literature courses ⓘ |
| symbolism |
barley
ⓘ
harvest ⓘ mass grave ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ memory ⓘ national identity ⓘ resistance ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Catholic requiem mass ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
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