"The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Air)", in Gaelic "An Ghaoth a Bhogann" is a song with words by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-1883) commemorating the uprising of 1798 led by the Society of United Irishmen was originally published c.1880 in Ballads of Irish Chivalry. Oulart Hill, referred to in the song as “Oulard Hollow,” is located in County Wexford and was the site of the United Irish rebels' first significant success. On Whit Sunday, the 27th of May, 1798, they ambushed and annihilated a body of Government troops (the infamous North Cork Militia) numbering around one hundred. There are said to have been but three survivors, despite the fact that the militia was Irish to a man. This is not the same tune as the major mode reel also titled The Wind That Shakes the Barley". For an extensive treatment of the history of the Irish struggles for independance, and the songs related to them, see Irish Songs of Resistance by Patrick Galvin. Songs from Irish uprisings and rebellion in this collection are: "Bold Fenian Men" "Boolavogue" "The Boyne Water" "The Boys of Kilmichael" "Croppies Lie Down" "The Croppy Boy" "Kevin Barry" "The Old Orange Flute" "The Protestant Boys" "The Rising of the Moon" "The Wearing of the Green"