EMO, a post-town, in the civil parish of COOLBANAGHER, barony of PORTNEHINCH, QUEEN'S county, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (E.) from Maryborough (Portlaoise), and 34 3/4 (W.S.W.) from Dublin, near the high road to Maryborough; containing 14 houses and 102 inhabitants.

Here are the Roman Catholic 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.