Forkill

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 20:02

13h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY

Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 47 kW
• Nearest: Killeavy Castle Estate (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin

Newry and Armagh

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 20
• DUP 5
• Alli 4
• UUP 1
• SDLP 8
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,824 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newry and Armagh:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Forkhill · 0.0 km

  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 t…

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  Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín GAC · 0.4 km

  Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is based in the village of Forkhill in south Armagh, Northern Ireland, on the border with County Louth, and is…

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  Dromintee · 1.1 km

  Dromintee or Drumintee is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 364 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. It sits withi…

• Tí Chulainn · 3.5 km

  Tí Chulainn is a cultural, events and accommodation centre located in Mullaghbawn in South Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The centre is maintained by a not-for-profit local community group, Tí Chulainn Limited. The cen…

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  Mullaghbawn · 3.6 km

  Mullaghbawn, or Mullaghbane, is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 596. At the 2021 Census this had risen to 642.

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  Moyry Castle · 4.5 km

  Moyry Castle is a small 17th century castle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built during the latter stages of the Nine Years' War in June 1601 by Lord Mountjoy to help secure Moyry Pass and the Gap of the N…

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