School: Courtbane (roll number 14540)
- Location:
- An Chúirt Bhán, Co. Lú
- Teacher: P. Mac Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0664, Page 158
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“Shebeens were public houses where porter and poitín were sold.”
Sheebeens were public houses where porter and poitín were sold.People would make poitín long ago and some make it yet.Long ago the people would sell poitín. An old woman named Cailleach Riabhach lived at the "Casadh Cam" and sold poitín. The "Casadh Cam" is in County Armagh. Their names were McGeeneys.The people that sold these things would always live in lonely valleys the way the policeman would not catch them.If they were caught selling poitín they would be fined £2 and the drink taken off them.The people would buy a lot of this and they would be often drunk.There were no shops in Drummuckavall that sold poitín(continues on next page)