Emo (from the Irish: Ioma) is a village in County Laois, Ireland.It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the M7 Dublin – Limerick motorway.he village pub, named The New Inn (now called The Gate House), dates from the village’s foundation as does the Gothic Catholic Church which contains the tomb of Aline, the Lady Portarlington, with its recumbent effigy by Joseph Boehm.