| Downs | |
| Settlement Type: | Townland |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Downs within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 53.5867°N -7.2528°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | County Westmeath |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.73 |
| Blank Name: | Irish grid reference |
Downs is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 10km (10miles) north–east of Mullingar, and has an area of approximately 0.73km2.
Downs is one of nine townlands in the civil parish of Taghmon in the barony of Corkaree.[1] The modern–day rural community of The Downs is 7.89km (04.9miles) south of this townland and is not to be confused with it.
The neighbouring townlands are: Rathcorbally to the north, Balreagh to the east and south, Clonkill to the south and Monkstown to the west.[2] [3]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 5 houses[4] and 26 inhabitants[5] in the townland. As of the 2011 census, Downs townland had a population of 12 people in 5 houses.[6]