As your Mayor, I had the distinct honor of welcoming our community and former Mayors to a milestone celebration – the 150th anniversary of Downey’s founding on October 13, 1873. From its earliest days ...

DOWNEY - Downey has a new sister city and, for the first time ever, it's not located south of the border. It's located in Roscommon County, Ireland where John Gately Downey, founder of the city of ...

Downey is a city named after an Irish immigrant, John Gately Downey, who later became a Governor of California. Downey is home to the world’s oldest McDonald’s and is the city that made important ...

DOWNEY >> A Downey art gallery will host a special exhibition by an Irish artist who hails from the birthplace of John Gately Downey, the city’s founder and California’s seventh… ...