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The Wind That Shakes The Barley -

: The story follows two brothers, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Pádraic Delaney), who initially fight together against the British "Black and Tan" squads. However, the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty eventually pits them against each other on opposite sides of the Civil War.

: Arrangements for choirs often include performance notes to help singers achieve an authentic Irish accent. The Wind That Shakes the Barley

: The "shaking barley" represents the crops growing over the graves of fallen rebels, who often carried barley oats in their pockets for food; these oats would later sprout from their burial sites. The 2006 Film : The story follows two brothers, Damien (Cillian

Directed by Ken Loach , this war drama is widely considered one of the most historically accurate depictions of the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War. : The "shaking barley" represents the crops growing