Molly Maguire may have been the owner of a shebeen, an illicit tavern, where the society met.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One evening the staff arranged a night at the property's shebeen, a Celtic version of a speakeasy where, historically, home-distilled alcoholic beverages were sold without a license.
From the kentucky.com
The Lodge has converted an old farmhouse into a shebeen, and as I made my way up the darkened path and saw only a few candles in the window, I felt as if I was on the wrong side of the law.
From the kentucky.com
But before then he ran a shebeen in Notting Hill, an illicit club where people would come for a smoke of weed and a drink, in a property belonging to Peter Rachman, the notorious slum landlord.
From the independent.co.uk
Returning from a Sunday drinking session in a local shebeen, or pub, a noisy group of Xhosa migrant workers from the grim, single-sex hostels of Tokoza township clashed with a crowd of Zulu rivals.