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Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836–1883) was an Irish poet, writer, and collector of traditional Irish music. Life [ edit ] He was born in County Limerick , Ireland , where his parents, Garret and Elizabeth (née O'Dwyer) Joyce, lived in the northern foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains , west of Ballyorgan.
"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836–1883), a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature.The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the cauldron of violence associated with the 1798 rebellion in Ireland.
Joyce, Robert Dwyer (1830–83), doctor and poet, was born at Glenosheen, Co. Limerick, son of Garrett Joyce, a shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth Joyce (née O'Dwyer) of Keale, Co. Limerick. Educated locally, he entered the service of the commissioners of national education and trained as a teacher; he followed in the footsteps of his brother ...
Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830—1883) Quick Reference (1830–1883), poet. Born in Glenosheen, Co. Limerick, the brother of Patrick Weston Joyce, he was educated at Queen ...
Robert Dwyer Joyce, brother of the preceding ( Patrick Weston Joyce ), was born in 1830, in the village of Glenosheen, county Limerick. He entered the service of the Commissioners of National Education. In 1857 he became a student at the Queen's College, Cork, graduated with science honours, and took the degree of M.D. in 1865.
Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830-1883) was an Irish poet, songwriter and collector of traditional Irish folk music. Born in County Limerick, Joyce was the author of several famous Irish ballads, notably 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley,' ',The Boys of Wexford,' and the 'Battle of Benburb.' He contributed volumes of poetry, stories and articles to various nationalist periodicals including The Nation ...
Robert Dwyer Joyce was born in County Limerick, Ireland. He initially became a civil servant and served as a school principal. In addition, he was a collector of Irish traditional music. (1) In 1857, he enrolled in Queen’s College, Cork. After graduating with Science Honors, he continued his studies to earn an M.D. degree in 1865.
