RESOURCES FOR EMO COURT PROJECT
Research
Dooley, Terence  The Big Houses and Landed Estates of Ireland – a research guide (Dublin 2007)
General
Feehan, John  Laois  Introduction: On Teaching the Local Environment
Attingham Trust Report 2004  Opening Doors – Learning in the Historic Environment
National Trust – Vision for Learning, and the Guardianship Scheme
Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto DfES 2006
OPW Heritage Sites of Ireland 2008  booklet
Heritage in Schools Scheme 2005/6  INTO & Heritage Council
History
Pigott’s Directory 1824 Portarlington entry
Slater’s Directory 1846 Portarlington entry
Lewis, S Topographical Dictionary 1837 Queen’s County, Emo and Coolbanagher entries
Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1823 Tolls Payable to the Earl of Portarlington
Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1827  Accounts for Coolbanagher parish
Parliamentary Gazetteer for Ireland 1844/5 Coolbanagher
Bulletins & Other State Intelligence 1846 3rd Earl’s sisters elevated 
Article on Borough of Portarlington 1830s
Joseph Boruwlaski (dwarf who visited Portarlington) published 1820
Morrow, Ann Picnic in a Foreign Land – the eccentric lives of the Anglo-Irish (extract)
Queen’s Co Militia 1793 – 98 Article (1st Earl of Portarlington Colonel)
List of MPs, Deputy Lieutenants, Magistrates etc Queen’s Co 19th century
Laois Heritage Society Journal 2004 No 2: 3 related articles
Laois Heritage Society Journal 2008 No 4: 1 related article
Carter, J W H  The Land War and its Leaders in Queen’s County 1879-82  (Leinster Express, 1994)
Dooley, Terence The Decline of the Big House in Ireland (Dublin 2001)
Feehan, John et al  The Great Heath
Mathews, Ronald Portarlington, The Inside Story (Imperial Print n.d.)  
Donegal County Archives Pack on using archives (on general shelving)
How Irish Houses looked 100 years ago – article on the Georgian Society Records by Robert O’Byrne in the Irish Times 19 July 08
Moncrieffe,I and Pottinger, D  Simple Heraldry  RD
Maxwell, Constantia Dublin under the Georges (Faber & Faber 1956) RD
Geography
Dunne, T (ed) Geographical Exploration: investigating Ireland’s heritage   Study of a Landed Estate pp145 – 156
Transition Year
Tourism Awareness programme  Teacher’s Resource Manual + CD
Cross-curricular work – see Curriculum file
Aldo Papone Award and Teen Travel Essay – see Curriculum file
Organising Local Historical Heritage Studies – see Curriculum file
A History Newsletter – see Curriculum file
Emo Court – the House and Estate
Bence Jones, Mark  Burke’s Guide to Country Houses Vol 1 Ireland (1978)
De Breffny, B and ffolliott, R The Houses of Ireland
Bateman, J Great Landowners of Great Britain (1883) extracts
Griffiths, R Valuation 1845 – 1865 for Emo Park
Landowners of Ireland 1876
Coote, Sir Charles Survey of the Queen’s County 1801 pp130 -138
Lyons, M C Illustrated Incumbered Estates Ireland  Sale of Emo Park 1852
Irish Arts Review 1996 A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court article by Fr A Symondson
Irish Arts Review Winter 2004  Emo Court: Portrait of a Survival  article by Judith Hill
Country Life May 1974 Emo Court Co Leix  2 articles Edward McParland
Ireland of the Welcomes Vol 55 no 3 May-June 2006 article The Gift of Emo Court
Irish Roots 2003 no 4 Our Heritage in Stone article by Olive Sharkey
1901 Census of Ireland: Emo Court House and Demesne
1911 Census of Ireland: Emo Court House and Demesne
Irish Georgian Society Bulletin 1973: 7 Houses in Co Leix
Paper by Lord Walker Fitzgerald c1900 Emo  (Nat Lib Ms18.864)
Sketch Emo Court house 1808 by P Neale in Famous Houses of Gt Britain and Ireland (NLI)   -  nb house without dome – in black folder book
Photo back Emo Court ca 1908 Eason Collection (NLI) – in black folder book
DVD Emo Court:The Story of a House  (Loopline Films)
DVD Images of Emo Court OPW on grounds (2 copies)
Plans of the House
Workmen’s Account Books from the National Archives (also CD)
List of photographs of Emo Court in National Photographic Archive
List of prints and drawings relating to Emo Court in National Library
List of Dawson Damer papers M6188 in National Archives
Guinness, D & Ryan, W Irish Houses and Castles 1971 RD
Hudson’s Historic Houses and Gardens  (National Trust) RD
Earls of Portarlington
Family Tree of the Earls of Portarlington
Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage   Portarlington entry
Life of Viscount Carlow 1907 – 1944, founder of the Corvinus Press
Viscount Carlow’s Diary c1912 – a memoir written in the 1920s
Laois Heritage Society Journal No 1 2003  article by J Powell
Funeral Expenses of Lady Portarlington February 1874
Powell, John  Shot a Buck – the Emo Estate 1798 – 1852
Powell, John  Pavilioned in Splendour
Powell, John  The Family who Lived Here: the Dawson-Damers of Emo Court (2 copies)
Powell, John Lady Portarlington’s Society and Lord Portarlington’s War
Portraits of the Earls of Portarlington from 7th Earl – black folder
Paul Nash & A J Flavell The Corvinus Press 1994 (foreword by the 7th Earl of Portarlington)
Coat of Arms of the Dawson-Damer Family
James Gandon
Duffy, Hugo  James Gandon and his Times (Cork 1999)
McParland, Edward  James Gandon, Vitruvius Hibernicus  (excerpts)
Gandon, J and Mulvany T  The Life of James Gandon Esq (Dublin 1846) excerpts
Maxwell, Constantia Dublin under the Georges (Faber 1956) section on Gandon
Coolbanagher Church brochure 1967
Coolbanagher Church photo of Gandon’s plans
St Peter’s Church Portlaoise – information on church and steeple
Drawing by Gandon Earl of Portarlington’s Portico 1796 Nat Library (in cylinder)
Drawing Tomb of Lord Portarlington Coolbanagher 1798 Nat Library (in cylinder)
Architecture
Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of Co Laois 2002
History of Architecture  articles on neo-Classicism and Palladianism
Shaping Space: architecture in Transition Year
Archaeological Inventory of Co Laois  
Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland  article on the Temple at Emo Court
Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland article on Ice Houses
Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland article on proposed summer house at Dawson’s Court
Irish Georgian Society Newsletter Spring 1986 Article on the Temple
Gandon’s design for the Portarlington mausoleum at Coolbanagher
Gandon’s design for the Earl of Portarlington’s portico (see journal below)
Van Lemmen, Hans Coade Stone  extracts
Craig, Maurice Architectural History Vol 27 1984: The Account Book of William Caldbeck, architect – article
Meagher, Niall A Gandon Drawing of the Portico at Emo Journal of the Co Kildare Archaeological Society Vol XIV 1969 no 4
Photo of Michael Scott’s plans for attic extension 1954 
Irish Architectural Archive Biographical Index: Vulliamy, Caldbeck, A, M and J Williamson
The Classical Portico
Article on Palladio, life and work, Sunday Times, February 2009  
Maps
1777 Portarlington Taylor and Skinner  map of roads of Ireland
Ordnance Survey 1829 -41  Emo Court Demesne & Coolbanagher
Ordnance Survey 1907 Emo Court Demesne & Coolbanagher
Grand Canal Dublin – Shannon Harbour (Fr K Laheen Tullabeg)
Laois Baronies 1837
Laois Baronies 1881
Literature and Emo Court
Kiely, Benedict There was an Ancient House  (Wolfhound 1997)
Kiely, Benedict There was an Ancient House  (Wolfhound 1997) 
Annotated By Fr Conor Harper
O,Meara John The Singing Masters (Lilliput 1990)
Fr Matthias Bodkin Borrowed Days  (Browne and Nolan 1942) extracts
Articles on Benedict Kiely and John O’Meara
Lady Caroline Dawson, 1st Countess of Portarlington Gleanings
from an Old Portfolio extracts from her letters to her sister
Art and Emo Court
Jonathan Fisher painter   articles from IT and Painting History
Jonathan Fisher  article in Irish Arts Review Spring 2008
Jonathan Fisher Irish Artists: 18th Century Painters - biographies  
Batoni, Pompei articles
Bonhams Catalogue 2007  Sale of ormolu amethyst quartz vases c1772 originally from Emo Court
Ann Seymour Damer sculptor   2 articles
Emo Court Garden and Environment
Red Squirrels Education Pack Northern Ireland EHS
Discover Bats! DVD, video and worksheets
The Irish Squirrel Survey 2007
All-Ireland Species Action Plan Red Squirrel May 2008 
Red Squirrel Conservation Symposium 2005 report 
Bat Survey Emo Court Scott Cawley
Heron, Marianne The Gardens of Ireland (Dublin 1999) entry on Emo
Heron, Marianne Hidden Gardens of Ireland entry on Emo
Reeves-Smyth, Terence The Gardens  of Ireland entry on Emo
Whaley, Jack  The Gardens of Ireland   entry on Emo
Elwes, H J and Henry A  The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland  (Edinburgh 1906) mention of Wellingtonia avenue at Emo
Tree Council of Ireland List of County Champion Trees
Tree Council of Ireland Top 25 Trees in Co Laois 
Tree Council of Ireland and Meath Co Council  Balrath Wood Notes for Teachers 
An Taisce  LEAF Project Forestry education as a cross-curricular education tool
Armstrong, Thomas Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom – Teaching Strategies for the Naturalist Intelligence
Statues in Garden – notes
Sculpture Trail
Discover Primary Science information
The Irish Garden March 2008  article on Emo gardens 
The Jesuits/ St Mary’s Emo
Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book for 1931  Fr H King, article on the setting up of a novitiate at St Mary’s Emo
Irish Jesuit Year Book for 1971  Fr R Brenan, article on the closing of the St Mary’s novitiate
Province News Vols IX and X 1956 – 63   excerpts
O’Meara, John The Singing Masters pp 41 – 54   autobiography: the life of a novice at St Mary’s
Kiely, Benedict There was an Ancient House      novel: the life of a novice at St Mary’s
Bodkin, Fr Matthias Borrowed Days  novel -  excerpts
Irish Arts Review 1996 A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court Co Laois Fr A Symondson
List of clothing: Outfit for the Novitiate
Order of Time: Weekly Timetable for Novices
Letter to parents prior to son’s admission
Postcard of St Mary’s Emo donated by Father C Harper
Father Browne
O’Donnell, Fr E E Fr Browne – a life in pictures (Dublin 1994)
Photographs by Fr Browne – database for Co Laois and Emo Court
Selection of photos from the Father Browne collection – black folder
Jesuit Province News Vol X July 1960 Obituary Fr Browne
Jesuit Province News Vol X July 1961 Obituary Fr Browne from the Irish Guards’ Association Journal February 1961
Article: Moloney, Senan Fr Browne defamation, anonymity and some missing photographs
Mr Cholmeley-Harrison
DVD 1995 The Story of a House (Loopline Films)
1995 Transcript of interview with CH about Emo Court
Irish Times article by Sylvia Thompson September 1995
Advertisement of Sale of Emo Court September 1969 
Sir Albert Richardson architect and specialist in Georgian renovation, article
Burke’s Irish Families: Cholmeley Harrison family entry
Obituaries from newspapers
Memorial service leaflet
Local Schools
Extracts from “Blue Book”: government report on schools in the Dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin 1824
Emo NS record 1855-58 (teacher admonished for backwardness of pupils) from the National Archives
Coolbanagher NS record 1874 (teacher declines to alter timetable) from the National Archives
Advertisements Leinster Express local schools 1853 and 1891/2 
Drawings of Mary Armstrong 1854 pupil Miss Dunne’s School Portarlington    
Information on Other Big Houses
Laois   
Irish Georgian Society Bulletin 1973: 7 Houses in Co Leix
Articles and excerpts on Ballyfin, Heywood, Abbeyleix, Stradbally
Elsewhere
Castle Coole Enniskillen Co Fermanagh Teachers’ Resource Book
Florencecourt Enniskillen Co Fermanagh leaflet
Co Fermanagh 
Castletown Co Kildare
Strokestown Co Roscommon
Kenwood House London
Stowe School and Park, Bucks.
Kilkenny Castle
Butler Family History
Newbridge House Co Dublin leaflet
Damer House Roscrea Co Tipperary leaflet
Servants 
Adams, Samuel & Sarah The Complete Servant (Southover 1989)
Horn, Pamela The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant (Sutton 1990)
Emo Court Workmen’s Accounts Feb 1898 & Jan 1905 from the National Archives M6188
List of Names of Servants at Emo Court 1790 – 1920 see Servants
Food
Letter in Gleanings 7 August 1781
Dinner is served! From Life Below Stairs by Frank E Huggett (John Murray London)
You were what you ate – article in the Irish Times 6 Sept 08 by Sylvia Thompson on the role that food played in Georgian society
Articles from The Times of London
1852 January Sale of Emo Park
1862 January Colonel Taylor shot in hand
1927 November Sale of Portarlington Pictures
Articles from the Irish Times 1861 – 1923 concerning Earls of Portarlington
See under separate heading
Articles from the Leinster Express 1834 – 1920 concerning Emo Court 
See under separate heading
      Leinster Express Articles concerning Emo Court      
Photocopies of these articles are in Laois Education Centre
Please check with the Centre for updates to this list
1852 January  1. Incumbered Estates Ad re Emo Park
2. Letter re the late Lord Portarlington
   February 1.Sale of the Portarlington estates
2. Celebrations re purchase by Lord Portarlington
   April 1. Address to John Sadleir from tenantry
2. Letter to John Sadleir
   June 1. Return of Lord and Lady Portarlington
2. Rejoicing at their return
1853 January Ball at Portarlington
1853 October Court Case: Lord Portarlington vs. James Rourke
1861 January Game bag following shoot
1861 February St Michael’s Pres Convent Port. Fancy Bazaar
1861 June Opening of RC Church Emo
1861 July Prince of Wales on The Heath. Dinner at Emo
1867 March Fenians intend to burn Emo Court
1867April Tenants apologise for Fenian intent;Lord Portarlington   replies
1872  January 1.  Lord Portarlington and the Poor
2. Lord Portarlington on Irish Education
1872 February Queen’s County Hunt Ball
1872 August Man in Steeple (Maryborough)
1876 August Queen’s Co Horticultural Show
1876 December Visit of HRH the Duke of Connaught to Emo Park
1879 January Ball at Emo Park – Duke of Marlborough
1879 February Investiture of Order of St Patrick of 3rd Earl of  Portarlington 
1879 August Queen's County Horticultural Show
1879 November 1.Duchess of Marlborough visits Coolbanagher NS
2. Threatening notices at Emo Park (8th & 29th)
3. Dinner party at Emo Park
1879 December Ball at Emo Park
1883 January Deputation to Earl re St Paul’s Church Portarlington
1883 January Visit of Lord Lieutenant and Lady Spencer to Emo
1883 June School fete at Emo Park
1883 July Queen’s County Rose Show The Heath
1885 April 1.Earl at Royal Levee Dublin
2. Portarlington school sold
3. Royal train stops at Portarlington
1885 July Queen’s Co Rose Show at Emo. Lord Lieutenant 
1892 January The Servants’ Ball
1892 June Cricket Match at Emo vs Geashill
1892 July School Fete at Emo
1892 October Portarlington Sports
1892 November Fancy Bazaar in Maryborough
1898 January 1.Festivities for children at Emo Park
2. Lord Portarlington conjures in Abbeyleix
1898 June Lord Portarlington at Masonic Hall Newbridge
1898 November Lady Portarlington presides over the basket stall
1907 February Marriage of Lord Portarlington
1907 March Homecoming of Lord and Lady Portarlington
1907 April 1. Gymnastic Display Portarlington
2. Speeding Charge Lord Portarlington
1907 June Barrow Drainage Scheme
1907 December Birth of an Heir to Lord Portarlington
1912 January Ball at Emo Park
1914 January Entertainment for 3 schools
1914 November Belgian Refugees relief
1914 December Pictures of the War at Maryborough
1995 January A New Era for Emo Court by John Whelan