Forkhill

Forkhill/Forkill
Irish: *Foirceal*
Forkhill/Forkill Irish: Foirceal;
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	550 (2021)
Irish grid reference	J013158
• Belfast	41 mi (66 km)
District	Newry and Mourne;
County	County Armagh;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWRY
Postcode district	BT35
Dialling code	028, +44 28
UK Parliament	Newry and Armagh;
NI Assembly	Newry and Armagh;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Armagh 54°05′00″N 6°27′00″W / 54.08333°N 6.45°W

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).

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

[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.

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