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Downs

The original census distinguishes this townland from nearby Down in Tyfarnham parish.

Recorded locationDowns53.58649° N · 7.25296° 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

  • Downs · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-six inhabitants

Downs had twenty-six inhabitants in 1911, ten male and sixteen female. Five of its six houses were occupied and one was empty. Its population had been thirty-three in 1891 and twenty-seven in 1901, with six houses recorded at both earlier censuses. The table places Downs in Taghmon parish and electoral division, Corkaree barony and Multyfarnham dispensary district, within Mullingar Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 175 acres, one rood and twelve perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Taghmon
Coordinates
53.58649, -7.25296
Mapped area
0.73 km²
Logainm ID
52087 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

27People recorded
5Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Kearney 10
  • Garry 6
  • Mulligan 6
  • Murray 3
  • Glennon 1
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Downs. 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 2008-07-02. How this page was prepared.