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About Shercock

Shercock, Searcóg in Irish, is a village in County Cavan, 83 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the R162, R178 and R181. The map gives it 903 buildings and 25 named streets, with 54 places named on them in 32 kinds, and 281 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 12th largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.

Population
574, as the map records it
Where
83 km north-west of Dublin
Position
53.9951° N, 6.8982° W
Roads
R162, R178, R181, L3507, L7507, L7543 and L7608
Governed
Cavan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
903 buildings, 25 streets, 54 named places in 32 kinds
The Annagh River flowing north-westwards towards Lough Sillan
The Annagh River flowing north-westwards towards Lough Sillan·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Junction of the R162 and the Canningstown Road at Shercock
Junction of the R162 and the Canningstown Road at Shercock·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Cavan since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

243,15852,61881,70418412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 281 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R162, R178, R181, L3507, L7507, L7543 and L7608 running through Shercock. 2 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

3 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Shercock National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Shercock?
In County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, 83 km north-west of Dublin and 83 km from Dublin, on the R162, R178 and R181.
How big is Shercock?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 903 buildings, 25 named streets and 54 named places, which by building count makes it the 12th largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.
What is there to see in Shercock?
281 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Fairhill Green, Steepletons Lough and Muddy Lough.
How do you get to Shercock?
3 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Sillan Tours and TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan.
Has County Cavan grown or shrunk?
The census counted 243,158 people in the county in 1841 and 81,704 in 2022.
903
buildings on the model
25
named streets
54
named places
32
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q401275). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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