Blowin' in the Wind Trio, but their record company delayed release of the album containing it because the song included the word "death", so the trio lost out to Peter, Paul and Mary, who were represented by Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman. The single sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies in the first week of release and made the song world-famous. On August 17, 1963, it reached number two on the "Billboard" pop chart, with sales exceeding one million copies. Peter Yarrow recalled that, when he told Dylan he would make more than $5,000 () from the publishing rights, Dylan was speechless. Peter, Paul and Mary's
Wind power in the Republic of Ireland Barbara passed close to Ireland, a new record was generated in the Republic of Ireland, peaking at 2,815 MW. 2015 In 2015 the island had 2,911 MW wind capacity. In 2014, 17.7% of Irish electricity came from wind, second only to the 30% of Denmark at that time. As of March 2015 Ireland has an installed wind power nameplate capacity of 2,230 megawatts (MW), and wind supplied 39% of December's demand. On 7 January 2015, the output from the country's turbines peaked reaching 2,514 megawatts (63% of load), a new record. 2013 By 20 August 2013, Ireland had an installed