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. 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. 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. Work The Church of the Assumption, Gowran, County Kilkenny Adelaide Memorial Church, Myshall SS Peter and Paul's, Cork Holy Trinity Church, Cork, as consulting architect. St. Finbarr's,Bantry, West Cork with Shane Connolly, B.Arch,BDes. Good Shepherd Convent, Cork Clonmeen, Banteer, Loreto 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, Dublin 7, Westmoreland St., Dublin, Belcamp Hall, north of Coolock Castleknock College 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, Dublin Mount Anville St. George's Killiney Dominican Monastery, Tallaght Tulira Castle with John Russell B.Arc. Ashford Castle Clongowes Woods St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Kieran's College, Kilkenny Presentation 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 St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh Catholic Cobh Cathedral Skibbereen Cathedral Newry Cathedral Killarney Cathedral Derry Cathedral Longford Cathedral, St. Mel's Thurles Cathedral Catholic churches Gowran, the Catholic Church of the Assumption Ballyhooly Catholic Church Fermoy Catholic Church Kileavey Catholic Church Kilrush Catholic Church Mallow Catholic Church Midleton Catholic Church Clonakilty Catholic Church. It is said to be one of the most successful examples of Mr. Ashlin's