There in the shebeen they sold poteen and punch while in the pubs, beer and spirits were available. |
And complete with mannequins in Stetson hats, the gumba-gumba record player and the inescapable bar atmosphere, the shebeen comes alive. |
Schele de Vere derives it from the French cabane, but it seems rather more likely that it is from the Irish shebeen. |
In the end, we agreed to go to a shebeen for more beer and then try to sleep with each other's wives. |
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. |
While transporting Brennan to the assizes at Clonmel, his escort stopped to rest at a shebeen and allowed him to enjoy his pipe. |