poteen

noun2

1. •
   (Ireland) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.

   • The Irish peasantry practice the distillation of that illicit spirituous liquor, so well known by the name of poteen whiskey, with a most unaccountable infatuation. — 1835
2. •
   (Ireland) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.

   • The whisky shops and poteens of Scotland and Ireland, the gin-palaces and beer-shops of England, are an incubus that is dwarfing the good in every section of the community, and forcing out the evil. — 1875