Wind That Shakes The Bramble The (Vinyl) NoLongerAvailable runs like a cool shock

runs like a cool shock throughout

Damien and Darren transport the audience back in time

Anne Briggs

As the Prague Spring is coming to a bloody end

Wind That Shakes The Bramble The (Vinyl) NoLongerAvailable runs like a cool shockIt's the mid 1800s in Ireland, and a local poet from Limerick by the name of Robert Dwyer Joyce has written a ballad called 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'. A bullet pierced my true love's side In life's young spring so early And on my breast in blood she died While soft winds shook the barley The recurring imagery of the barley standing tall amidst the breeze was meant to symbolise the resilience of Irish people amidst oppressive British rule. In