Irish architect
George Coppinger Ashlin (28 May 1837 – 10 December 1921) was an Irish architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and cathedrals, and who became President of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland .
Biography Ashlin was born in Ireland on 28 May 1837, the son of J. M. Ashlin, J.P. He was educated at St Mary's College, Oscott ; and subsequently was a pupil of Edward Welby Pugin , whose partner he became in Ireland from 1860 to 1868.[2] [3]
He was the architect of Queenstown Cathedral in Cobh, County Cork , and of fifty other churches dotted about Ireland. He also built Portrane Asylum at a cost of £300,000.[2]
He was a Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy and Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects . In 1867 he married Mary Pugin (1844-1933), daughter of Augustus Welby Pugin , the Gothic revivalist .[2] [3]
Work The Church of the Assumption, Gowran , County Kilkenny Adelaide Memorial Church, Myshall SS Peter and Paul's, Cork [4] Holy Trinity Church, Cork ,[5] as consulting architect.St. Finbarr's, Bantry, West Cork with Shane Connolly, B.Arch, BDes. Good Shepherd Convent, Cork Clonmeen House , near Banteer, County CorkLoreto and Presentations Convents, Fermoy With Brendan Crowley. Phd AIB Midleton, Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen with Aidan Lynam B.Arch St. Mary of the Angels, Dublin with Ilona Keane M.Arch. Convent School, Portland Row, Dublin Carmelite Church, Aungier St. Dublin 28 Fitzwilliam Pl., Dublin St Audoen's Catholic Church, Dublin SS Augustine and John , Dublin7, Westmoreland St., Dublin, Belcamp Hall, north of Coolock Castleknock College [6] Dominican Convent, Cabra Red Stables, Saint Anne's Park , Dublin All Hallow's, Drumcondra Redemptoristine Convent Drumcondra St. Patrick's Training College , Drumcondra.Glasnevin Cemetery St. Joseph's, Phibsborough St. Ita's Mental Hospital, Portrane All Saints Church, Raheny Blackrock College , DublinMount Anville St. George's Killiney Dominican Monastery, Tallaght Tulira Castle with John Russell B.Arc. Ashford Castle [7] Clongowes Woods St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Kieran's College , KilkennyPresentation Church Limerick Redemptorist Church, Dundalk Netterville Almshouses Convent of Mercy, Birr Rockwell College, Cashel Mooresfort Convent of Mercy, Tipperary Clonyn Castle, Greville Nugent Mausoleum
Catholic Cathedrals
Catholic churches Gowran , the Catholic Church of the AssumptionBallyhooly Catholic ChurchFermoy Catholic ChurchKileavey Catholic Church Kilrush Catholic ChurchMallow Catholic Church Midleton Catholic ChurchClonakilty Catholic Church. It is said to be one of the most successful examples of Mr. Ashlin's skill as a Church architect. It is of pure Gothic of the early French style, and consists of a nave, Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Midleton, Co. Cork aisles, transepts, two chapels and a baptistry.Monkstown Catholic ChurchCarrick Catholic ChurchBalbriggan Catholic ChurchRush Catholic Church Ballybrack Catholic ChurchDundrum Catholic Church Inchicore Catholic ChurchRathfarnam Catholic Church Brosna Catholic ChurchCahersiveen Catholic ChurchTralee Catholic ChurchBallingarry Catholic ChurchKilfinane Catholic ChurchKilmallock Catholic ChurchEdgeworthstown Catholic ChurchDundalk Catholic ChurchCarrig-on-Suir Catholic Church Emly Catholic Church St. Patrick's Catholic Church SS Peter and Paul's Clonmel Lattin Catholic Church Nenagh Catholic Church [11] [12] Church of the Sacred Heart, Templemore Templetuohy Catholic ChurchClonlea Catholic ChurchThe Church of the Assumption, Delvin St Livinus Catholic Church, Killulagh Ballyoughter Catholic Church, Camolin, County Wexford Ballymurn Catholic Church Newry Dominican ChurchTralee Dominican ChurchDrogheda Dominican ChurchDundalk Dominican ChurchSacred Heart Church, Kilburn , London
Attributed Mausoleum, Monivea Bishop's Palace, Killarney Costello Chapel Rathangan
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Attribution This article contains public domain text from Burnand, Francis Cowley , ed. (1908). The Catholic who's who 1908. p. 10.