placenamesShercock
Searcóg
Lewis records coal and iron ore at Glasleck alongside the village’s weekly agricultural trade in 1837.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Searcóg · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Shercock · English · main form
- Killan · English · main form · historical name
- Killann · English · main form · historical name
Place & story
Minerals at Glasleck
Samuel Lewis recorded coal and iron ore at Glasleck, about two miles south of Shercock village near the Bailieborough road. He described the coal as highly sulphurous and stated that neither mineral was being worked in 1837. He also noted several building-stone quarries. [2]
Two weekly markets
The village held a Wednesday market for flax, poultry and pigs and a separate Saturday corn market. Monthly fairs on the second Wednesday offered horses, cattle, sheep, donkeys and goats. These were the trading arrangements recorded by Lewis in 1837, within a farming parish producing oats, potatoes and flax. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shercock. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Shercock or Killan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-02-11. How this page was prepared.