11.   Indeed, for timber ships plying the North Atlantic, the potato famine proved a minor bonanza.

12.   The following year in Ireland, where these tubers were an almost exclusive dietary staple, the potato famine ran its tragic course.

13.   The Great Hunger known as the Irish potato famine had driven her family first to Scotland, where her husband, Patrick, found work in a mine.

14.   The Irish potato famine was caused by a plant disease that raced through crops containing no genetic resistance.

15.   The Irish potato famine.

16.   The prime minister says England has much to feel sorry about for the Irish potato famine.

17.   The sons of Irish immigrants, fleeing the potato famine, joined the U.S. Army with the promise of citizenship and land for their families.

18.   William R. Grace, who had fled the Irish potato famine to Peru, chartered ships to trade bat guano and bird droppings.

19.   Irish in New York remember great potato famine.

20.   McNeely cites the Irish potato famine as a classic example of species invasion.