The history of Ireland's resistance of British rule.

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2007)

It was the 1920s and England had a military presence in the mostly peaceful Ireland. Early in the movie we see rogue British troops treating woman and children badly, and burning homes, sometimes killing innocent people.
This ignited the pride of the people and really put the 'ire' in Ireland. Bans of loosely organized Irish, who began to can themselves Republicans, were the genesis to the IRA, the Irish Republican Army.
At one of the wakes for a killed Irishman, an old lady was singing a folk song, and one line contained the works "Wind that Shakes the Barley." I don't know if the title has any other meaning, regarding the uprising against the British.
Cillian Murphy is in the lead role as Damien. As history tells us, Ireland has remained a free republic, and only Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain.
Very good movie. Doesn't paint a very flattering picture of the British.