Skelan Lock
Lock 3 on the Woodford River, the first lock in County Cavan, with a Blueway walking trail nearby.
- Open now · closes 20:00
- Private · not yet checked
- Smart Card lock
- Not yet checked: berths, shore power, water, pump-out, fuel, price and maximum stay
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Lock times
Open now · closes 20:00 Self-operated with a Smart Card
| Today – Sat, 31 Oct | 09:00–20:00 |
|---|---|
| Sun, 1 Nov | 09:00–17:33 |
| Mon, 2 Nov | 09:00–17:31 |
| Tue, 3 Nov | 09:00–17:30 |
| Wed, 4 Nov | 09:00–17:28 |
| Thu, 5 Nov | 09:00–17:26 |
Notice: Self-operated with a Waterways Ireland Smart Card (1 unit a lock) at the console beside the lock. Nearest patroller listed by Waterways Ireland: Ballyconnell, +353 87 260 3662. Lifejackets must be worn at the lock (Marine Notice 35/2026).
Times are worked out on this device and change with the season: check the notice. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
Source of the times · Times checked 23 Oct 2026
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River Valley log-cabin marina
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About this mooring
Private marina of the gated River Valley log-cabin development on the Woodford River below Skelan Lock; berths go with the cabins and no terms for visiting boats are published.
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About Skelan Lock
Skelan Lock lies on the Woodford River about 5 km below Haughton’s Shore, after the waterway has threaded the small Ballymagauran, Derrycassan and Coologe loughs. Here the navigation has crossed from Leitrim into County Cavan, and from now on it follows the canalised river through fields and woodland towards the Erne. Waterways Ireland lists Skelan among the places on the Blueway with a walking trail of around 5 km, a good way to stretch your legs between the lakes and the town. Below the lock come almost 9 km of river without a lock to the moorings at Ballyconnell.
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Neighbours by water
- Haughton’s Shore
- Ballyconnell
- Ballyconnell Lock Open now · closes 20:00
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- Aghoo Lock Open now · closes 20:00
- Corraquill Lock Open now · closes 20:00
- Ardrum Lock Open now · closes 20:00
≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “Penichette on the way to Ballynaconnel” by Suse · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Lock 3 , Skellan Lock on the Shannon Erne Waterway” by Suse · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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