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Townland

Down

The census records this Corkaree townland separately from Downs in neighbouring Taghmon parish.

Recorded locationDown53.59869° N · 7.35155° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Down · English · main form

Place & story

One occupied house

Down had three inhabitants in 1911, two male and one female, in one occupied house. The comparison columns show ten inhabitants in 1891 and four in 1901, with two houses at both earlier censuses. The townland appears under Tyfarnham parish, Corkaree barony and Stonehall electoral division, within Multyfarnham dispensary district and Mullingar Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 181 acres and thirty-six perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Tyfarnham
Coordinates
53.59869, -7.35155
Mapped area
0.78 km²
Logainm ID
52065 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Down. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, Table VII, printed page 40 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.