GCSE CCEA Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney - CCEA Writing a response The poem describes the events leading up to the Battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June 1798. Croppies were Irish rebels ...

The poem describes the events leading up to the Battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June 1798. Croppies were Irish rebels fighting for independence from Britain.