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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Gernonstown contained the following places:"GERNONSTOWN, a parish in the barony of Upper Slane, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles W. of Slane, on the road from thence to Kingscourt. Stackallen is its post town. The surface consists of a good soil, and is drained by the Boyne river on the E. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value with Stackallen, £420, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The Roman Catholic chapel at Rushwee is annexed to that of Slane. Here is a hedge school. Tankardstown and Rochestown are the chief residences."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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