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| | Shercock or Killan Civil Parish, county Cavan, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | Shercock or Killan Civil Parish, county Cavan, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | SHERCOCK, or KILLAN, a parish, in the barony of CLONKEE county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER, 5 miles (N. W.) from Carrickmacross (Co. Monaghan), on the road from Kingscourt to Cootehill ; containing 4845 inhabitants. |
 | | It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 8221 statute acres ; the land, in general good, is chiefly under tillage, producing crops of oats, potatoes and flax. |
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