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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Emo like this:
EMO, a post-town, in the parish of COOLBANAGHER, barony of PORTNEHINCH, QUEEN'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (E.) from Maryborough, and 34 ¾ (W. S. W.) from Dublin, near the high road to Maryborough; containing 14 houses and 102 inhabitants. Here are the R. C. chapel (a neat building), a public school, and a constabulary police station. Adjoining the town is Emo park, formerly Dawson's Court, the splendid mansion of the Earl of Portarlington.—See COOLBANAGHER.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Emo, in and County Laoighis | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29418
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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