Tag: Potheen
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Images of Ireland Past
The Drink Unfortunately Ireland and the Irish have a reputation for taking strong drink, but it is over exaggerated. The following is a “Photo History” Ireland’s long association with alcohol of all sorts. There was the legal enjoyment that occurred inside the pubs after the drink had arrived and the most popular drink was always […]
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Poteen
A poem by “Barney Maglone” aka Robert Arthur Wilson (1820-75) Of all the navygations That ever left the shore I tell this mortal nation ‘Tis potheen I adore. I have the tender crathur All in her punchy dhress And when she’s mother-naked I love her none the less. If she had but a night-dhress Of […]