Shercock Tidy Towns

02/11/2026

Has your little one outgrown their Halloween outfit but it is still in good enough condition to do another turn? Clean and complete costumes can be donated to CMX toy library (Unit 11, 13A Main Street (Old Shopping Centre), Drummond Etra, Carrickmacross).

Now that Halloween is over, if you have costumes that are no longer being used (or will be too small next year), we'd love to give them a new home!

We're hoping to add to our collection so we have more costumes available for children and families to borrow and enjoy.

We'd be delighted to accept all sorts of fancy dress costumes – superheroes, princesses, witches, animals and everything in between!

All we ask is that costumes are clean, complete and in good condition.

Call into us at the Toy Library in the old shopping centre at A81 YR58.

Parenting Monaghan Carrickmacross Chamber of Commerce Circular.ie Monaghan County Council Monaghan County Council Environment Section

02/11/2026

Shercock Tidy Towns are delighted to take part in the Cavan Monaghan Science Week event- see poster for details and how to book

29/10/2026

Another day, another award's nomination 🙌

During Heritage Week 2026 we held the event 'Traditional Field Gates of Shercock- Looking back, to look forward'. The aim of this event was to highlight recorded gates from our area as well as people's stories associated with gates and blacksmithing in Shercock.

Out of 2,600 events held during Heritage Week, we were selected as a finalist in the Sustainable and Climate category for these national awards 🥳

We are very proud that our work has received such acclaim and we look forward to sharing details of the next phase of this project with you shortly 🫶

The Anglo-Celt Northern Sound FM Cavan Heritage

28/10/2026

We're delighted to see more sustainable options being promoted within our community 🫶

All clean reusable clothing will be collected by Shercock NS Parent Association on Monday 23rd November in St Patrick's Hall, Shercock (DM them for more details)

💙💛 TIME FOR A DECLUTTER! 💛💙
Shercock Parents Association is holding a clothing collection on Monday 23rd November! 👕👟
Have a clear-out and donate your unwanted clothes, shoes etc 🛍️

Every bag donated raises valuable funds for our school and helps our children! 🏫❤️
Let’s get behind it and make every bag count! 🙌

Thank you all for your support!

👍👍What we accept👍👍

Adult’s & Children’s Clothes
Paired Shoes
Hats
Handbags
Scarves
Belts
Ties
Bras/Socks
Jewellery

👎🏻👎🏻What we can’t accept👎🏻👎🏻

Bedding
Curtains
Towels
Duvets & Pillows
Cushions
Teddies
Mobile Phones & Tablets etc
Off-cuts
Crested uniforms

27/10/2026

Cavan's first biodiversity conference- reserve your place now

Celebrate Science Week 2026: Water - From Molecule to Ocean 🌊
Join Naomi Mitten, Biodiversity Officer with Cavan County Council, and Sinéad Finn, Senior Community Water Officer with the River Basin Management Service, for Cavan's first-ever Biodiversity Conference.
This exciting evening will explore the vital connection between water, biodiversity, and our local environment through engaging presentations from catchment scientists and inspiring community groups.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to enjoy the Woolly Waterways Exhibition, created by Morag Donald in collaboration with Creative Cavan.
Whether you're interested in nature, water quality, conservation, or community action, this promises to be an informative, inspiring, and worthwhile event.

Cavan County Council The Heritage Council This is Cavan Cavan County Library Service River Basin Management Service Cavan Public Participation Network

27/10/2026

25/10/2026

EDIT:
Thanks to everyone who responded so enthusiastically to our earlier post! All bulbs have been re-homed 🫶

Do you want to be part of Shercock Tidy Towns Community in Colour work?

What's involved:
🌷 plant biodiversity friendly planting that we'll provide you with
🪻Maintain them over the winter
🌻 share the results of how they are thriving with us

There is no cost involved for participants- we just want you to be part of the project that ultimately helps our pollinators thrive 🐝

How to get involved:
📲 DM our page or
🤙call/message 0879644152 and we'll get you sorted

23/10/2026

🥳 2026 Results 🥳

We were delighted to be awarded a massive 21 points increase in the annual TidyTowns Ireland Competition 🙌

'Shercock's entry is the work of four people fighting for their town's future with data, innovation and passion. My visit delivered what that paperwork (Competition entry form) promised- the murals, the painted facades, the Fairhill, the approaches and the support of every business and household confirm a town punching far above its weight- Maith sibh- Shercock was a pleasure to adjudicate'.

Every Shercock Tidy Towns volunteer and supporter should proud of themselves today, and everyday that we traverse through our town (in person, or through our work online) and see how far we've come. You are a credit to yourselves, your families, your friends and every person in our community 🫶

Check out the full report (link in comments)

22/10/2026

Did you know?

That during our most recent litter picks we collected over 40 aluminum cans and plastic bottles 🚮

And that 75% of these could not be exchanged using the Re-turn scheme 🫤

What solutions do you have that might address this issue?? 🤔🤔

Did you also know that it takes about two hours per volunteer to do an average litterpick?? With steps including:

- Collect and segregate cans and bottles from litter collected
- Wash, disinfect and sort for Re-turn bin
- Recycle non-Re-turn cans and bottles
- Deposit in Re-turn bin so our community benefit from others' inaction 🙌

Let us know if you're interested in making a real difference for our community 📲

16/10/2026

👋 Bye bye old sign👋
🥳Hello new sign 🥳

We were delighted to see another example of our advocacy work pay off 🙌

We asked Cavan County Council to address the poor presentation of road signs in our town. We were delighted our feedback was listened to and actioned, and as a result, doesn't this new sign at the Bring Centre look great?

📲We have repeatedly highlighted how other signposts in the town require maintenance and we were assured this work will be completed over the coming weeks and months 🫶