{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Puckane |native_name = {{Irish place name|Pocán}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = File:The R493 road, looking north, Puckaun, Co. Tipperary (geograph 3495926).jpg |image_caption = Looking north on the R493 road at Puckaun |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Munster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Tipperary |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web | url = http://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/tipperary/0786__puckaun/ | website = City Population | title = Puckaun (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 20 February 2021 | archive-date = 21 October 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100730/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/tipperary/0786__puckaun/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |population_total = 250 |population_urban = |population_rural = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52.93032|-8.23828|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Puckane''', officially '''Puckaun''' ({{irish place name|Pocán}}),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/67244.aspx |title=Placenames Database of Ireland |access-date=16 September 2010 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612020951/http://www.logainm.ie/67244.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parishes |title=Parishes of Killaloe Diocese |website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227011331/http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parishes |archive-date=2010-02-27 }}</ref> The village is located 10 km north of Nenagh along the R493 and close to Lough Derg and Dromineer. It had a population of 250 people as of the 2016 census.<ref name="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.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://kildangan.net/ | website = kildangan.net | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020528030641/http://kildangan.net/ | archivedate = 28 May 2002 | title = Kildangan Gaelic Athletic Association}}</ref>
==Transport== Bus Éireann route 322 provides a service to and from Nenagh on Fridays.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buseireann.ie/timetables/1425904706-322.pdf |title=Route 322: Lorrha−Terryglass−Coolbawn−Nenagh |date= |website=Bus Éireann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911052530/http://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/1425904706-322.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> Rail services can be accessed at Nenagh railway station.
==See also== * List of towns and villages in Ireland
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{County Tipperary}} {{Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe}}
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