and angling. Lough Sillan, on the edge of the town, is a noted coarse fishing lake. Annaghieran lake is situated one mile from town, and populated with Roach and Bream. One of the enterprises which brings employment to the town is Manor Farms and Carton Brothers Chicken factory, which employs over 800 people and sources chicken from some 160 local chicken farms. Transport Sillan Tours Limited provides daily bus connections from Shercock to Kingscourt, Navan and Dublin. Bus Éireann route 166 links Shercock to Cavan, Carrickmacross and Dundalk on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only. Arts The annual Shercock Drama Festival usually takes place in March, with drama groups from around the country participating in the event. St Patrick's Hall serves as the venue. It celebrated its 25th year in 2012. Sport Shercock GFC, the local GAA club, play in the Cavan Senior Football Championship. In 2017, the club won the Tommy Gilroy Cup and, in the same year, received funding for the improvement of their dressing room and gym facilities. People The family of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan (The School for Scandal) had an estate in Shercock. Patrick Kavanagh's 1948 novel Tarry Flynn is nominally set in the countryside around Shercock; although based on characters from his native Inniskeen. The great-grandfather of U.S. Rep. John Murtha, also named John Murtha, was born in Shercock c. 1858. He moved to the United States in 1882. Brendan McCahey - Voice of Ireland singer See also List of towns and villages in Ireland Market Houses in Ireland Ralaghan Man References Towns and villages in County Cavan Civil parishes of County Cavan