"Shebeen" is an old nickname for an Irish pub

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Ace of Spades
Mon 2013 Nov 25, 6:47am

Mindful, "shebeen" is an old nickname for an Irish pub, usually the sort of unlicensed one that is in a person's home. If I can find it, there's a poem called Shanahan's Ould Shebeen which makes the meaning clear.

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