Puckane
Puckane, officially Puckaun (Irish: Pocán),[1] is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[2] The village is located 10 km north of Nenagh along the R493 and close to Lough Derg and Dromineer. It had a population of about 257 as of the 2006 census.
Puckane
Pocán | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) Looking north on the R493 road at Puckaun | |
  Puckane Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°55′49″N 8°14′18″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 257 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
People
The songwriter Shane MacGowan spent much of his childhood in the neighbouring townland of Carney and has immortalised a number of local places in his songs such as "The Broad Majestic Shannon". The village was also mentioned in a well-known Christy Moore cover of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues song "The Fairy Tale of New York". A local landmark is "Paddy Kennedy's Pub". Ireland's 2015 Eurovision entrant Molly Sterling hails from Puckane.
Literature
It should not be confused with the eponymous fictional village in Spike Milligan's novel Puckoon.
Sport
Kildangan GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.[3]
Transport
Bus Éireann route 322 provides a service to and from Nenagh on Fridays.[4] Rail services can be accessed at Nenagh railway station.
References
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