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Irish Gaelic football club

Not to be confused with Down GAA.

The Downs

CLG Na Dúnta

Founded:

1893

County:

Westmeath

Nickname:

Na Dúnta

Colours:

Black and Amber

Grounds:

Greatdown, The Downs, Mullingar

Coordinates:

53°30′26″N 7°14′29″W / 53.507197°N 7.241453°W / 53.507197; -7.241453

Playing kits

Standard colours

Senior Club Championships

	All Ireland	Leinster champions	Westmeath champions
Football:	-	-	10

The Downs Gaelic Athletic Association (Na Dúnta Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club located in County Westmeath, Ireland.

The club is located in The Downs, a community 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Mullingar.

History

The club was founded in 1893 and has used a variety of names: Woodown Rackers, The Downs Pigeons, The Downs Clan Lár and The Downs St Ciarán's. The Downs have won ten county titles and in 1972 reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing to St Vincents.

Honours

Gaelic football

Westmeath Senior Football Championship (10): 1918, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1980, 2003, 2005, 2022
Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1950
Westmeath Junior Football Championship (5): 1907, 1927, 1934, 1949, 1964
Westmeath Senior Football League (12): 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2022

Notable players

References

"Cooley Kickhams Club Notes – Louth GAA". louthgaa.ie.
"The Downs GAA Club (@TheDownsGAA) | Twitter". twitter.com.
"The Downs GAA Club". www.facebook.com.
Malone, Donie. "The Downs GAA Club celebrates 125 years – Official Westmeath GAA website | GAA News & Results".
Hunt, Tom (6 July 2007). Sport and Society in Victorian Ireland: The Case of Westmeath. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859184158 – via Google Books.
"The Downs GAA". www.naduntagaa.com.
"The Downs GAA". www.naduntagaa.com.
Buckley, Gerry (9 October 2022). "Westmeath SFC Final: Glory for The Downs". Luke Loughlin scored five points for The Downs in the Westmeath SFC Final
"Six Westmeath players take part in the GPA Rookie Camp". Westmeath Independent. 8 February 2022. Jonathan Lynam (The Downs), Jack Gillen (Cullion), Aoife Temple (Athlone ladies), Robert Forde (Moate All Whites), Caoimhe Scally (Clonkill Camogie Club) and Kacey Geoghegan (St Mary's, Rochfortbridge ladies) all participated.

External links

Official website

Westmeath GAA clubs

Football
Senior	Athlone Coralstown-Kinnegad Caulry Killucan Moate All Whites Mullingar Shamrocks Tang The Downs Tyrrellspass Shandonagh St Loman's St Malachy's
Intermediate	Ballymore Ballynacargy Castledaly Garrycastle Kilbeggan Shamrocks Maryland Milltown Milltownpass Multyfarnham Rosemount St Mary's Rochfortbridge Tubberclair
Junior 1	Athlone Ballycomoyle Bunbrosna Castletown-Finea-Coole-Whitehall Coralstown-Kinnegad Killucan Moate All Whites Mullingar Shamrocks St Joseph's St Loman's St Paul's The Downs
Junior 2	Ballinagore Caulry Delvin Garrycastle Killucan Loughnavalley Mullingar Shamrocks Multyfarnham Rosemount The Downs

Hurling
Senior	Castlepollard Castletown-Geoghegan Clonkill Lough Lene Gaels Raharney St Oliver Plunkett's
Senior 'B'	Castletown-Geoghegan Crookedwood Cullion Delvin Fr Dalton's, Ballymore Ringtown
Intermediate	Brownstown Clonkill Raharney Southern Gaels, Athlone St Brigid's Turin

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