| Schele de Vere derives it from the French cabane, but it seems rather more likely that it is from the Irish shebeen. |
| It used to be a shebeen, it's now turned into a real bar, it's called the Hawthorn, it's a real classic bar, the last of the real bars. |
| A reconciliation took place, and in due time it was determined that Peter, as he understood poteen, should open a shebeen house. |
| The gabble and laugh were again heard loud and hearty, and the public and shebeen houses once more became crowded. |
| Ronnie and I took to drinking in a nationalist shebeen, the Old House. |
| In the end, we agreed to go to a shebeen for more beer and then try to sleep with each other's wives. |
