Forkhill

Forkhill/Forkill
Forkhill/Forkill is located in Northern Ireland
Forkhill/Forkill
Location within Northern Ireland
Population550 (2021)
Irish grid referenceJ013158
• Belfast41 mi (66 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWRY
Postcode districtBT35
Dialling code028, +44 28
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Armagh
54°05′00″N 6°27′00″W / 54.08333°N 6.45°W / 54.08333; -6.45

Forkhill or Forkill (/fɔːrkˈhɪl/ fork-HIL, /fɔːrˈkɪl/ for-KIL; from Irish Foirceal, meaning 'trough/hollow')[1] is a small village and civil parish in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ring of Gullion and in the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 498.[2] The population increased to 550 at the time of the 2021 Census.

Its name, deriving from the Irish word foirceal[citation needed] may refer to the village's position on flat land between the large hills of Tievecrom (to the east) and Croslieve (to the west).

  1. ^ Placenames NI Archived 1 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Forkill
  2. ^ "Census 2011 - Headcount and Household Estimates for Settlements". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 11 January 2017.