A Table of Dates in the 19th Century
relating to Emo Court and the Earls of Portarlington
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General History |
House and Architects etc |
2nd Earl: John |
3rd Earl: Henry John Reuben |
3rd Countess: Aline, dau. Marquis of
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4th Earl: Lionel Seymour |
5th Earl: Lionel George |
1781 |
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1785 |
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Viscount Carlow becomes 1st Earl of
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1790 |
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Gandon begins |
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1796 |
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Coat of arms |
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1798 |
United Irishmen Local attacks |
1st Earl dies |
Became Earl |
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1800 |
Act of |
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1803 |
Robert Emmet |
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Steward Heath Races 1808 |
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1815 |
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1822 |
Ballyfin House designed |
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1820 Cup presented to Heath Races |
Born to 2nd Earl’s brother |
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1823 |
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(Gandon died) |
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Born |
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1824
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Vulliamy & Williamson at work
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1826 |
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Staircase |
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1829 |
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Took name of Dawson-Damer |
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1830 |
Canal Portarlington |
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1832 |
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Born: cousin of 3rd Earl |
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1830s |
Garden laid out at Abbeyleix House |
Dining room work - completed 1840 |
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1834 |
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Garden Portico |
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1836 |
Daniel O’Connell at The Heath |
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1843 |
Railway Portarlington 1840s |
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Sister married into Churchills |
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1845 |
Famine |
Estate in limbo |
Died without children |
Became Earl: chose Emo as his residence |
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1847 |
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Married Famine donations |
Married and came to live at Emo |
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1848 |
Emo Hunt Steeple Chase |
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1849 |
Queen |
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1850 |
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(Garron Tower N I: Vulliamy) |
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1851 |
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(Lisselan Cork: Vulliamy) |
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1852 |
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For sale under Enc Estates Act |
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1852 |
Portarlington celebrates |
Emo bought back |
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Emo bought back |
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1854 |
Races Ball Maryborough |
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1855 |
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Married dau 6th Baron Rokeby |
Born
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1861 |
Manoeuvres on The Heath: |
Prince of Wales comes to dinner at
Emo |
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1860s |
Col Taylor shot in foot at |
Caldbeck at work His Account Book 1844-1860 |
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Donated land to build RC church at Emo |
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1865 |
Reports of Emo to be burned denied |
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1857 – 1865 MP for Portarlington |
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1867 |
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Converted to Roman Catholic |
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1871 |
1870 Land Act |
(Vulliamy died) |
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Severe financial trouble |
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1872 |
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Caldbeck died |
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1874 |
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T Connolly completes work Photos Lord Brownlow |
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Died |
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1876 |
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Queen
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Married 1881 dau Lord Kennedy |
1879 |
Land League |
Winston Churchill visited, aged 5 |
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Knight of St Patrick |
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1885 |
Prince of Wales stops at Portarlington Railway Station |
July
Rose Show at Emo: Lord Lieutenant has lunch |
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1868 – 1880 MP for Portarlington |
(1883 6th Earl born son of 5th Earl) |
1889 |
Boer War starts |
Valuation of works of art at Emo |
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Died in Nice aged 67 without children |
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Became Earl age 57 |
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1893 | Anti-Home Rule demonstrations in Portarlington | "Snowdon" the Earl's showjumper ,wins prizes in Dublin | |||||
1892 |
Cricket Emo vs Geashill June |
Servants’
Ball January |
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Died Nov aged 60 in Bournemouth |
Became Earl aged 34 |
1900 |
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1896:Becomes Representative Peer for Ireland Died Sept in Ostend age 42 |
1901 |
Queen |
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1903 |
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Big storm wreaks havoc at Emo |
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1907 |
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Portarlington
celebrates marriage of 6th Earl to Winnifreda Yuill &
birth of Viscount Carlow |
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(6th Earl marries Feb, son born Dec) |
1910 |
King Edward dies |
6th Earl and Countess rarely visit Emo |
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1911 |
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Ball
at Emo for 300 in December |
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1914 |
Outbreak of World War I |
Tea party for Emo children January |
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(6th Earl recruits for British Army) |
1918 |
End of WWI General industrial
unrest & poor economic times |
Decision
is made to sell Emo; family removes to England |
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1920 |
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Auction
of contents October |
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