Puckane

Puckane
Pocán
Village
Puckane

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°55′49″N 8°14′18″W / 52.93032°N 8.23828°W / 52.93032; -8.23828Coordinates: 52°55′49″N 8°14′18″W / 52.93032°N 8.23828°W / 52.93032; -8.23828
Country  Ireland
Province Munster
County County Tipperary
Population (2006)
  Total 257
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

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 has a population of about 257 per 2006 census.

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". Irish 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

Tourism

Puckane is a stone's throw away from many beautiful places such as Dromineer and Garrykennedy. Self-catering apartments and traditional Irish cottages are available for hire.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 322 provides a service to and from Nenagh on Fridays.[3] Rail services can be accessed at Nenagh railway station.

References

External links

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