 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Downpatrick vakakunda yavo yokutanga Down Senior Football Championship muna 1935. Muna 193839 vakatamira kumunda waLeatham paBallymote ndokuzvitumidza zita rekuti The Thomas Russell Club, mushure maThomas Russell 1767-1803, akaurayiwa kuDownpatrick nekuda kwebasa rake mukupandukira kweIrish kwa1803. Vatambi vaishungurudzwa nemapurisa eRoyal Ulster Constabulary, avo vaibvisa zvibodzwa zvavo uye vaitumira mapurisa kumitambo yavo kuti avatyisidzire. Muna 1949 vakava Russell Gaelic Union. 