E. W. Pugin - Works in Association With George Ashlin

Works in Association With George Ashlin

• SS Peter and Paul's, Cork, (1859)
• Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty, County Cork (1867);
• Convent and Orphanage, William Street North, Dublin (1867);
• SS Augustine and John, Thomas Street, Dublin (1860);

Regarded as Dublin's finest Victorian church, SS Augustine and John (John's Lane Church) in the Liberties area was designed by E.W. Pugin and executed by his partner George Ashlin for the Augustinian Fathers. It was built between 1862 and 1895. It has the tallest spire in Dublin (231 ft), and occupies a prominent position on high ground overlooking the Liffey Valley. It has a striking polychromatic appearance, being built in granite with red sandstone dressings. The eminent Gothic revivalist Ruskin is said to have praised it, describing it as a "poem in stone". Statues of the apostles in the niches of the spire are by James Pearse, father of Padraig and Willie, who were executed after the 1916 Easter Rising. There is some good stained glass from the Harry Clarke studios.

• Presentation Convent, Fethard, County Tipperary (1862);
• Harrington Street Catholic Church, Dublin (1867);
• Donnybrook Catholic Church, Dublin (1863);
• Monkstown Catholic Church, Co. Dublin (1865);
• Arles Catholic Church, Stradbally, County Laois (1965);
• Ferrybank Catholic Church, Waterford (1867);
• Kilanerin Catholic Church, Wexford (1865);
• Lady's Island Catholic Church, Co. Wexford; (1863).