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Fruit beside a haystack in Munster (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limerick

'in munster' is the definition.
(I know that Munster contains administrative territorial entity Limerick)

'fruit beside a haystack' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'lime' (lime is a kind of fruit).
'beside' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'a haystack' becomes 'rick' (synonyms).
'lime'+'rick'='LIMERICK'

(Other definitions for limerick that I've seen before include "Humorous short poem" , "City of humorous verse" , "Irish county - five-line poem" , "Verse form - Irish city" , "Five-lined poem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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