DONOWNEY, or DOWNONEY, a parish, in the
barony of BANTRY, county of WEXFORD, and province
of LEINSTER, 5 miles (N. W.) from Taghmon; containing
208 inhabitants. This small parish is situated on
the road from Enniscorthy to Duncannon Fort, and
contains 1074 statute acres. It is in the diocese of
Ferns; the rectory is appropriate to the see, and the
vicarage forms part of the union of Horetown: the
tithes amount to £38. 15. 4½., of which two-thirds are
payable to the bishop and the remainder to the vicar.
In the R. C. divisions it is partly in the union or district
of Taghmon, but chiefly in that of Newbawn or Adams -
town. There are some remains of a cromlech.