American folk music revival the UK, protesting the British testing of the H-bomb in 1958, as well as by the ever-proliferating arms race and the increasingly unpopular Vietnam War. Young singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, playing acoustic guitar and harmonica, had been signed and recorded for Columbia by producer John Hammond in 1961. Dylan's record enjoyed some popularity among Greenwich Village folk-music enthusiasts, but he was "discovered" by an immensely larger audience when a pop-folk-music group, Peter, Paul & Mary had a hit with a cover of his song "Blowin' in the Wind". Peter, Paul & Mary also brought Pete Seeger and the Weavers' "If I
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