Puckane

Puckane

Puckane ("Pocán" in Irish), occasionally also Puckaun, is a rural village in north County Tipperary, Ireland, lying 10 km north of Nenagh along the R493 and close to Lough Derg and Dromineer. It has a population of around 257 as 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 song.A local landmark is "Paddy Kennedy's Pub".

Literature

It should not be confused with the eponymous fictional village in Spike Milligan's novel "Puckoon".

port

*Kildangan GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
* [http://www.kildangan.net/ Kildangan Gaelic Athletic Association]

External links

* [http://puckane.net Puckane Development Association]


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