This was particularly true during and after the great potato famine of the 1840s.

He began to study the Irish potato famine of 1845-1847.

Two young women, both named Lily have lost much of their family to the potato famine.

Every government had done that going back to the days of the Irish potato famine.

The number of Irish workers particularly increased following the potato famine.

Before the 19th-century potato famine, Ireland had nine million people, not a large population for a country of its size.

Take the $100,000 to teach students around the state about the Irish potato famine.

Iceland was also hit by a potato famine between 1862 and 1864.

Most of my folks were Irish who came over during the potato famine.

Many left their beloved Ireland because of the potato famine in the 1840s.