Down | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Down within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.5983°N -7.3508°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Westmeath |
Blank Name: | Irish grid reference |
Blank Info: | N430611 |
Down is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 8.17km (05.08miles) north of Mullingar.
Down is one of 11 townlands of the civil parish of Tyfarnham in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 181acres. The River Gaine, forming the eastern boundary of the townland, is a tributary of the River Inny.
The neighbouring townlands are: Tyfarnham to the north, Galmoylestown Lower to the east, Garrysallagh and Loughanstown to the south and Knightswood and Rathlevanagh to the west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there was 1 house[3] and 3 inhabitants[4] in the townland.