In this Steena Short learn about Irish’s Poteen which was illegal to distill for hundreds of years under British Occupation. The BCC archive clip was recorded in the 1960’s during British Occupation. The show starts with poteen and ends with a classic Irish songs.
The Dubliners, The Pogues / Good Auld Mountain Dew
Paddy Tunney / The Cow That Drank the Poteen
Johnny Jones / Katie Bailey
Joe Heaney / The Wife of the Bold Tenant Farmer
Norman Kennedy / Night Visiting Song
Packy Manus Byrne / Lament to the Moon
Connie Foley / The Boys from County Mayo