A Table of Dates in the 19th Century relating to Emo Court and the Earls of Portarlington

 

 

General History

Emo Court

House and

Architects etc

2nd Earl:

John

3rd Earl:

Henry John Reuben

3rd Countess:

Aline, dau. Marquis of Londonderry

4th Earl:

Lionel Seymour

5th Earl:

Lionel George

1781

 

 

Born

 

 

 

 

1785

 

Viscount Carlow becomes 1st Earl of Portarlington

 

 

 

 

 

1790

 

Gandon begins

 

 

 

 

 

1796

 

Coat of arms

 

 

 

 

 

1798

United Irishmen

Local attacks

1st Earl dies

Became Earl

 

 

 

 

1800

Act of Union

 

 

 

 

 

 

1803

Robert Emmet

 

Steward Heath Races 1808

 

 

 

 

1815

Waterloo

 

Waterloo

 

 

 

 

1822

Ballyfin House designed

 

1820 Cup presented to Heath Races

Born to 2nd Earl’s brother

 

 

 

1823

 

(Gandon died)

 

 

Born

 

 

1824 - 1836

 

Vulliamy & Williamson at work

Emo Court

 

 

 

 

1826

 

Staircase

 

 

 

 

 

1829

 

 

 

Took name of Dawson-Damer

 

 

 

1830

Canal Portarlington

 

 

 

 

 

 

1832

 

 

 

 

 

Born: cousin of 3rd Earl

 

1830s

Garden laid out at Abbeyleix House

Dining room work - completed 1840

 

 

 

 

 

1834

 

Garden Portico

 

 

 

 

 

1836

Daniel O’Connell at The Heath

 

 

 

 

 

 

1843

Railway Portarlington 1840s

 

 

 

Sister married into Churchills

 

 

1845

Famine

Estate in limbo

Died without children

Became Earl: chose Emo as his residence

 

 

 

1847

 

 

 

Married

Famine donations

Married and came to live at Emo

 

 

1848

Emo Hunt Steeple Chase

(Dorchester House:Vulliamy)

 

 

 

 

 

1849

Queen Victoria visits Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

1850

 

(Garron Tower N I: Vulliamy)

 

 

 

 

 

1851

 

(Lisselan Cork: Vulliamy)

 

 

 

 

 

1852

 

For sale under Enc Estates Act

 

 

 

 

 

1852

Portarlington celebrates

Emo bought back

 

Emo bought back

 

 

 

1854

Races Ball Maryborough

1853 Wellingtonia Avenue planted

 

 

 

 

 

1855

 

 

 

 

 

Married dau 6th Baron Rokeby

Born 1858

1861

Manoeuvres on The Heath:

Prince of Wales comes to dinner at Emo

 

 

 

 

 

1860s

Col Taylor shot in foot at Emo Park while hunting 1862

Caldbeck at work

His Account Book 1844-1860

 

Donated land to build RC church at Emo

 

 

 

1865

Reports of Emo to be burned denied

 

 

 

 

1857 – 1865

MP for Portarlington

 

1867

 

(Mullingar Court House:Caldbeck)

 

 

Converted to Roman Catholic

 

 

1871

1870 Land Act

(Vulliamy died)

 

Severe financial trouble

 

 

 

1872

 

Caldbeck died

 

 

 

 

 

1874

 

T Connolly completes work

Photos Lord Brownlow

 

 

Died

 

 

1876

 

Queen Victoria’s son Duke of Connaught visits. Grand ball

 

 

 

 

Married 1881 dau

Lord Nigel

Kennedy

1879

Land League

Winston Churchill visited, aged 5

 

Knight of St Patrick

 

 

 

1885

Prince of Wales stops at Portarlington Railway Station

July Rose Show at Emo: Lord Lieutenant has lunch

 

 

 

1868 – 1880 MP for Portarlington

(1883

6th Earl born son of 5th Earl)

1889

Boer War starts

Valuation of works of art at Emo

 

Died in Nice aged 67 without children

 

Became Earl

age 57

 

1893 Anti-Home Rule demonstrations in Portarlington "Snowdon" the Earl's showjumper ,wins prizes in Dublin          

1892

Cricket Emo vs Geashill June

 Lord Carlow bats

Servants’ Ball January
1897 Game Bag=3414

 

 1889 buried in Coolbanagher

 

Died Nov

aged 60 in

Bournemouth

Became Earl

aged 34

1900

 

 Home Industries exhibition at Emo Park: 2000 attend

 

 

 

 

1896:Becomes Representative Peer for Ireland Died Sept in Ostend age 42

1901

Queen Victoria dies

 Emo Estate valued at £91,000 in Earl's will.

 

 

 

 

 

1903

 Outrage in Portarlington.Bomb attack on C.Y.M.S Hall 1904

Big storm wreaks havoc at Emo

 

 

 

 

 1904 6th Earl is fined for speeding in London(15 mph !)

1907

 

Portarlington celebrates marriage of 6th Earl to Winnifreda Yuill & birth of Viscount Carlow

 

 

 

 

(6th Earl marries Feb, son born Dec)

1910

King Edward dies

6th Earl and Countess rarely visit Emo

 

 

 

 

 

1911

 

Ball at Emo for 300 in December

 

 

 

 

 

1914

Outbreak of World War I

Tea party for Emo children January

 

 

 

 

(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

 

 

 

 

 

1920

 

Auction of contents October