The Downs GAA
Irish Gaelic football club
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The Downs Gaelic Athletic Association (Na Dúnta Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club located in County Westmeath, Ireland.[1]
The club is located in The Downs, a community 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Mullingar.[2][3]
History
The club was founded in 1893[4] and has used a variety of names: Woodown Rackers, The Downs Pigeons, The Downs Clan Lár and The Downs St Ciarán's.[5] The Downs have won eleven county titles and in 1972 reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing to St Vincents.,[6] and also in 2022, losing to Kilmacud Crokes.
Honours
Gaelic football
- Westmeath Senior Football Championship (11): 1918, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1980, 2003, 2005, 2022, 2025
- Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1950
- Westmeath Junior Football Championship (5): 1907, 1927, 1934, 1949, 1964
- Westmeath Senior Football League (13): 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2006, 2022[7]
