Sentence:  Kildrumferton … Pop. 9,687 ... There are nine licensed public houses; <WSD>poteens</WSD> many more. Illicit distillation prevails to a very great extent, the district being rarely visited by the revenue police, not indeed for years past; the presence of the excise officer in a neighbouring town is the only check. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.