1866
churches
Co. Laois
Emo
J.S. Butler
Random Building
1773 – Abbeyleix House, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
1866 – St. Paul’s Church, Emo, Co. Laois
Architect: J.S. Butler
The site for the church was a gift from Lord Portarlington, and the parochial house and lands beside the church were granted by the Earl of Portarlington at a nominal rent. It contains the tomb of Aline, the Lady Portarlington, with its recumbent effigy by Joseph Boehm from 1874.