School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)
- Location:
- Slane, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Josephine Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 297
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- (continued from previous page)Gernonstown. It is in the parish of Rathkenny. This townland is supposed to have got its name from a man named Gernon. He was a land lord many years ago. This townland if you saw it marked on a map it is in the shape of the letter L. It is separated from its neighbouring townlands by about three miles of a road and by a mile of a river and then an old disused road that has been closed for many years.
There are twenty houses in it and there are nine cottages. They are all slated except three and they are tiled. There is one gentleman's residence called after the townland. It is called Gernonstown House and one house known as the lodge belonging to the Gentlemans House. There are about nine farming(continues on next page)
