Shercock
Searcóg | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 St. Patrick's Church | |
  Shercock Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°59′40″N 6°53′48″W / 53.9945°N 6.8968°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Cavan |
| Population | 574 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | A81 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)42 |
| Irish Grid Reference | H720057 |
Shercock (/ˈʃɜːrˌkɒk/ SHUR-kok);[2] Irish: Searcóg)[3] is a small town and civil parish in the east of County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 574.[1]
Shercock is 12 km west of Carrickmacross, at the intersection of the R162 and R178 regional roads. It sits on the shores of three lakes: Lough Sillan, Steepleton's Lake, and Muddy Lake. Lough Sillan is the largest of the three, covering approximately 162 hectares.
- ^ a b "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Shercock". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Shercock, County Cavan, Irish Accent (Female) AccentBase File #217". YouTube. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Searcóg / Shercock". Logainm.ie. Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.