1866 – Chapel, Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
The chapel was designed in a Romanesque style to blend in with the existing convent buildings –
The chapel was designed in a Romanesque style to blend in with the existing convent buildings –
The foundation stone was laid April 19th 1867, with the school opening on March 28th 1868.
This was the final commission of the Pugin & Ashlin partnership; finished by Ashlin alone,
Fine gothic exterior with spire on an elevated site makes Pugin & Ashlin’s church at Arless a landmark in the local landscape.
Competition entry to design a facade for Holy Trinity Church in Cork city by Pugin &
Completed by Ashlin after the demise of the partnership, although the original tower and spire designed by Pugin &
Fine church with tower and spire. Lovely interior with ribbed ceiling over arches on marble columns.
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 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,
The tallest existing spire in Dublin and sited on high ground so as to be visible from the Liffey valley,