Four Forkhill players were members of the Armagh squad which won the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship in 1926.

Forkhill Senior men reached Division 1A for the first time in club history in 2015 and spent 2 years in Armagh club footballs top tier before relegation every year ending up in Junior league.

In the same year of 2015 Forkhill senior ladies captured the Armagh junior championship.

Forkhill witnessed partial success at underage level in 2019 with the under 14 side reaching the championship final but were defeated. The under 16 side captured division 2 league glory defeating Mullaghabawn.

In 2020 Forkhill seniors captured the junior championship defeating Bellek 3–10 to 1–10 in the final and doing so captured there first championship glory at senior level in 39 years.