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词条 Puckane
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  1. People

  2. Literature

  3. Sport

  4. Tourism

  5. Transport

  6. References

  7. External links

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Puckane, officially Puckaun ({{lga|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". 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.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20020528030641/http://kildangan.net/ Kildangan Gaelic Athletic Association]

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.

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^Placenames Database of Ireland
2. ^Parishes of Killaloe Diocese. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227011331/http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parishes |date=2010-02-27 }}
3. ^http://buseireann.ie/timetables/1425904706-322.pdf

External links

  • Puckane Development Association
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100111012455/http://sarahscottagespuckane.com/ Commercial cottage hire company]
{{County Tipperary}}{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe}}{{Tipperary-geo-stub}}

2 : Parishes in Diocese of Killaloe|Towns and villages in County Tipperary

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