The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is a traditional Irish song and ballad that poignantly depicts love, loss, and rebellion during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish ballad
folk song
traditional Irish song
associatedWith Irish folk tradition
Irish republicanism
associatedWithEvent Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
culturalSignificance important song in Irish rebel music tradition
widely performed in Irish folk repertoire
depicts 1798 Irish Rebellion NERFINISHED
describes a young Irish rebel
joining the rebels
the killing of the narrator’s lover
genre Irish traditional music
folk ballad
hasApproximateDateOfOrigin 19th century
hasAudience listeners of Irish traditional music
hasForm narrative ballad
strophic song
hasImagery battle and bloodshed
rural fields of barley
secret meetings of rebels
hasInfluenced Irish folk revival performers
hasMood lamenting
melancholic
hasMotif sacrifice for political cause
tragic romance in wartime
hasNotableUse sung at Irish historical and commemorative events
hasSubject British-Irish conflict
rural Irish life
hasTitleLanguage English
language English
mainTheme Irish nationalism NERFINISHED
loss
love
political struggle
rebellion
war and conflict
narrativePerspective first-person
partOf Irish oral tradition
Irish rebel song tradition
performedAs accompanied folk song
unaccompanied vocal ballad
setInPeriod 1798
setInPlace Ireland NERFINISHED
symbolism barley as a symbol of Irish resistance
wind as a symbol of unrest and change

Referenced by (5)

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Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" hasTitle The Wind That Shakes the Barley
subject surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)
Mary O'Riordan notableWork The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Mary O'Riordan workTitle The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Gerard Kearney notableWork The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jonathan Morris edited The Wind That Shakes the Barley