Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Forkill

Forkill, par. and vil., S. co. Armagh, 6 miles SW. of Newry -- par., 12,578 ac., pop. 4797; vil., pop. 177; P.O., T.O., called Forkhill; 1 mile SE. of vil. is Forkill or Forkhill House.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Armagh IrlC
Place names: FORKHILL     |     FORKILL
Place: Forkill

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