On a visit to the Museum of the Countryside in Ireland, Paul was moved to write a poem about the famines that took place during the 19th century. What is less well known is that the famines (and there was more than one) were often either engineered or exacerbated by the English rulers who heartlessly starved the general population in an attempt to curtail Irish calls for justice and equality under the law. Click here to see it.

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Check out Paul's new video for an old song which he's recently recorded for the 1st time: http://paulfblackburn.co.uk/index.php/video

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