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 (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wind That Shakes the Barley canonical | 7 |
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Scottish versions) | 1 |
| The Wind that Shakes the Barley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10916955 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wind That Shakes the Barley Context triple: [The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song), hasTitle, The Wind That Shakes the Barley]
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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.
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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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Mad Sweeney
Mad Sweeney is a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed leprechaun and fading Old World god who becomes an uneasy ally to Shadow Moon in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.
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Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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Requiem for the Croppies
"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.
- 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: The Wind That Shakes the Barley Target entity description: "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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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Mad Sweeney
Mad Sweeney is a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed leprechaun and fading Old World god who becomes an uneasy ally to Shadow Moon in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.
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D.
Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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E.
Requiem for the Croppies
"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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important song in Irish rebel music tradition
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widely performed in Irish folk repertoire ⓘ |
| depicts |
1798 Irish Rebellion
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linked to:
Irish Rebellion of 1798
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| 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
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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 ⓘ |
| symbolism |
barley as a symbol of Irish resistance
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wind as a symbol of unrest and change ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wind That Shakes the Barley Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"
subject linked to:
The Rising of the Moon (album, with The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem)
linked to: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel)
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hasVariant
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Scottish versions)
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linked to: The Wind That Shakes the Barley