Forkhill
Sign in to saveForkhill or Forkill ( , ; ) 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. The population increased to 550 at the time of the 2021 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Forkhill
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Forkhill/Forkill
- UK place.irish_name
- Foirceal
- UK place.static_image_name
- Forkhill - geograph.org.uk - 257752.jpg
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.belfast_distance_mi
- 41
- UK place.population
- 550
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- J013158
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Newry and Mourne
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWRY
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT35
- UK place.dial_code
- 028, +44 28
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newry and Armagh
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Newry and Armagh
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Armagh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Armagh
- Population
- 550
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Forkhill - geograph.org.uk - 257752.jpg
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- Commons category
- Forkhill
- postal code
- BT35
- historic county
- County Armagh
- P8168
- Frank T. Griswold
- native label
- Foirceal
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Forkhill or Forkill ( , ; ) 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. The population increased to 550 at the time of the 2021 Census.
Its name, deriving from the Irish word foirceal may refer to the village's position on flat land between the large hills of Tievecrom (to the east) and Croslieve (to the west).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forkhill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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