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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wind That Shakes the Barley canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish ballad
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folk song ⓘ traditional Irish song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish folk tradition
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Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important song in Irish rebel music tradition
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widely performed in Irish folk repertoire ⓘ |
| depicts | 1798 Irish Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
a young Irish rebel
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joining the rebels ⓘ the killing of the narrator’s lover ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish traditional music
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folk ballad ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDateOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAudience | listeners of Irish traditional music ⓘ |
| hasForm |
narrative ballad
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strophic song ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
battle and bloodshed
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rural fields of barley ⓘ secret meetings of rebels ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Irish folk revival performers ⓘ |
| hasMood |
lamenting
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melancholic ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
sacrifice for political cause
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tragic romance in wartime ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse | sung at Irish historical and commemorative events ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British-Irish conflict
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rural Irish life ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Irish nationalism
NERFINISHED
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loss ⓘ love ⓘ political struggle ⓘ rebellion ⓘ war and conflict ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf |
Irish oral tradition
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Irish rebel song tradition ⓘ |
| performedAs |
accompanied folk song
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unaccompanied vocal ballad ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1798 ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
barley as a symbol of Irish resistance
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wind as a symbol of unrest and change ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)