1866 – Chapel, Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
The chapel was designed in a Romanesque style to blend in with the existing convent buildings –
1868 – Christian Brothers School, King St., Drogheda, Co. Louth
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
The foundation stone was laid April 19th 1867, with the school opening on March 28th 1868.
1869 – St. Joseph’s Church, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
This was the final commission of the Pugin & Ashlin partnership; finished by Ashlin alone,
1865 – Church of the Sacred Heart, Arless, Co. Laois
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
Fine gothic exterior with spire on an elevated site makes Pugin & Ashlin’s church at Arless a landmark in the local landscape.
1864 – Unbuilt Design for Holy Trinity, Cork
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
Competition entry to design a facade for Holy Trinity Church in Cork city by Pugin &
1869 – St. Joseph’s Church, Glasthule, Co. Dublin
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
Completed by Ashlin after the demise of the partnership, although the original tower and spire designed by Pugin &
1864 – Church of the Assumption, Our Lady’s Island, Co. Wexford
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
Fine church with tower and spire. Lovely interior with ribbed ceiling over arches on marble columns.
1866 – St. Patrick’s Church, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
From the Dublin-based magazine the “Dublin Builder” of 1st September 1865, “This church, which is at present in course of erection is in the French Pointed style.
Ashlin, George Coppinger (1837-1921)
Ashlin was born on 28 May 1837, in a house named “Carrigrenane” in Little Island, Co Cork. He received his early education at the Collège de St Servais,
1884 – SS Augustine and John, Thomas Street, Dublin
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
The tallest existing spire in Dublin and sited on high ground so as to be visible from the Liffey valley,
