DOWNS, a village, in the parish of KILCOOLE, barony
of NEWCASTLE, county of WICKLOW, and province
of LEINSTER, 12 miles (N.) from Newtown-Mount-Kennedy;
containing 171 inhabitants and 35 houses, the
greater part of which are small thatched tenements. It
has a station of the constabulary police; and fairs are
held on Jan. 12th, May 4th, Aug. 5th, and Nov. 12th,
chiefly for cattle and pigs. Here are the ruins of an
old church. The "Glen of the Downs" is described
under the head of Delgany.