“The Wind That Shakes the Barley” written by the Poet Robert Dwyer Joyce and sung here by Dolores Keane is a commemorative ballad told from the perspective of a Young Wexford rebel of the 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion. The title for Ken Loach’s film of the same name was borrowed from the ballad

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1. Dolores *Keane has one of the best Celtic singing voices of all time. It oozes hardship and wistfulness which suits that Irish ballad style so much.

   *Pronounced “Kane” (like Harry Kane) in the West of Ireland, just for those unaware.

2. I love her rendition of it

3. heart-rending…I don’t think anyone can do it better.

4. Lovely rendition! I’d only heard the Dead Can Dance version previously.