EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection  with  the Quarterly  Report of Gouverneur  Bancorp Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2007 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Robert
J.  Twyman,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes -Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

     1.   The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.   The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report.


August 3, 2007                                      By: /s/ Robert J. Twyman
                                                        ------------------------
                                                        Robert J. Twyman
                                                        Vice President and
                                                        Chief Financial Officer

     The  foregoing   certification  is  being  furnished  solely   pursuant  to
Subsections  (a) and (b) of Section 1350,  Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States
Code in accordance with Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall
not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be
deemed to be  incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act
of 1933 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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