Foirceal

Forkhill takes its name from the Irish foirceal, meaning trough or hollow, referring to its geographic position on flat land nestled between the hills of Tievecrom to the east and Croslieve to the west. The complete historical name, Foirceal na Cleire (Trough of the Priests), commemorates the Franciscan Order's establishment of a refuge in the nearby townland of Shean during the penal era when ...