A shekara ta 1818, manyan albashi a Arewacin Amirka sun jawo hankalin ma'aikatan Irish da yawa don zama babban ɓangare na ma'aikata a gina Erie Canal a Jihar New York da kuma irin wannan aikin.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "A shekara ta 1818, manyan albashi a Arewacin Amirka sun jawo hankalin ma'aikatan Irish da yawa don zama babban ɓangare na ma'aikata a gina Erie Canal a Jihar New York da kuma irin wannan aikin; sun kuma shiga cikin gina tashoshi a Birtaniya, Way (1997)".