The holiday came to America with the wave of Irish immigrants during the Potato Famine of the 1840s.

Irish

Irish punt

Irish Pound

Irish Gaelic

Irish chicken soup. Love, Stu. Irish chicken soup.

Famine.

I like Irish music.

My history is Irish.

Officially the famine was downplayed.

Famine stared us in the face.

It's an Irish land.) (Laughter) (Bono

Global famine was inevitable.

Famine caused great distress among the people.

or the feeding in times of famine

The long drought was followed by famine.

Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.

Disease and famine go together.

War, conquest, famine and death

It was the middle of that awful famine.

There was a generalized famine at the time.

But then the great famine began in 1994.

But then the great famine began in 1994.

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

He is good at imitating her Irish accent.

Americans, like Irish people, are good at it.

Anyway, I'm Irish, and as you can see,

I'm talking to you, McFly, you Irish bug!

War has produced famine throughout history.

Elsewhere in Africa there was famine.

or, in a day of famine, the feeding of

If you go to the Irish countryside and you ask an old lady for directions, brace yourself for some elaborate Irish storytelling about all the landmarks, yeah?

Or to feed in times of famine

These countries were often visited with famine.

My work is always feast or famine.

Famine mostly is a rural event now.

In 2001 we experienced an awful famine.

A huge famine hit North Korea in the mid 1990s.

The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.

I hear you Irish are a bunch of drinkin' fools.

Basically, it spent all its time, the last eight months, in Irish waters.

And this was yet another famine in Ethiopia.

So we have these feast and famine cycles.

And then, you see, these were famine years.