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Forkhill

Forkhill or Forkill is a small and civil parish in south , . It is within the Ring of Gullion and in the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 498.
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Photo: Ron Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mullaghbawn and Jonesborough.

Village
Photo: Ron Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, or Mullaghbane, is a small and townland near in , . In the 2011 Census it had a population of 596. At the 2021 Census this had risen to 642. is situated 2 miles northwest of Forkhill.

Village
Photo: John Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Jonesboro is a small and civil parish in the Ring of Gullion in , . It is about 5 miles south of and lies 1,000 yards from the border with in the . is situated 3½ miles east of Forkhill.

Hamlet
Photo: Shane Killen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in the townland of Legmoylin in , . It is within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Forkhill.

Forkhill

Latitude
54.08091° or 54° 4′ 51″ north
Longitude
-6.45157° or 6° 27′ 6″ west
Population
551
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB 8MR
Open location code
9C6M3GJX+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762953
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649201
Wiki­data ID
Q1702641
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Forkhill” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Forkhill”
  • Bulgarian: “Форкил”
  • Cebuano: “Forkill”
  • Dutch: “Forkhill”
  • French: “Forkhill”
  • Irish: “Foirceal”
  • Italian: “Forkhill”
  • Malay: “Forkhill”
  • Pali: “फोर्खिल्ल”
  • Persian: “فورک‌هیل”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Foirceal”
  • Spanish: “Forkhill”
  • Swedish: “Forkill”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Forkhill”. Photo: Ron Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.