Forkill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Birth Place of Bernard Keenan

Forkhill or Forkill (from Irish: Foirceal) is a small village in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ring of Gullion, near Slieve Fuad. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 366 people.

The name is pronounced as either fork-hill or for-kil and derives from the Middle Irish oircél, probably meaning "valley".

Lydia Keenan's Forget-Me-Not-Plate


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This is a photo of Grandma Lydia Emma Wilder Keenan's Forget-Me-Not-Plate. It was through a fire and is very fragile. It is currently in the possession of my daughter Sally in Tennessee.
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