poteen

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But for the next 50 years Ireland kept passing out literary surprises, for first-rate writers came along as fast as poteen at a christening: Russell, Synge, Gogarty, O'Casey, Joyce, O'Flaherty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet the special charm of this book is that it manages to describe Irish peasant life without condescension or that peculiar quaintness which often produces a distinct aroma of poteen and formaldehyde.

From Time Magazine Archive

When barley and potato prices rose during and after World War II, the poteen industry languished.

From Time Magazine Archive

O'CROWLEY Does your client mean for a moment to cast a reflection on the police of this town, and insinuate that they don't know what poteen is?

From Duty, and other Irish Comedies by O'Brien, Seumas

I 've laughed more over red-herrings and poteen than I ever expect to do again over turtle and toquay.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James