School: Slane (B.) (roll number 4851)
- Location:
- Slane, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cuánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 003
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“In the neighbourhood of Stackallen on the Slane and Navan road...”
(continued from previous page)by one of the Dowdalls, the great cross builders of Co. Meath of whose memorials of piety and affection. The shaft of the cross is four sided and on each face there is a rather rude and ill-spelled inscription.
Slane Castle is the seat of the Marquis of Conyngham and memorable in modern times for its being visited by King George IV, stands on a swelling bank of verdant green sward, raising gradually from the river. It is a large castellated mansion, with towers and embattled parapets, but not boasting much beauty of architectural design. It is principally the surrounding scenery; the combination of sylvan beauty formed by its own extensive demesne blending with that of Beauparc; the neighbouring woods of other seats; the charming associations awakened by the ancient ruins standing on the romantic shores of its noble river, that attract the attention of an ordinary visitor.
Between Slane and Barristown(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Downes
- Gender
- Male