Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, KILBRIDE, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (RC)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. WICKLOW, KILBRIDE, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (RC)
Date: 1872;1876-79;1882
Nature: New church for Rev. James Hamilton. Estimated cost of M. Meade's tender £1,457. Builder: Henry Sharpe.According to Irish Times, which names Meade & Sons  as contractors, 'greater portion' of church was complete by Jun 1882
Refs: Design for rectangular Gothic church, 1872, and another, 1876, in Ashlin & Coleman Collection, seen by N. Sheaff, c. 1976, (but not in IAA list?); undated designs for communion railing and high altar in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman collection, 76/1.101/1,2, may be for this church or for Kilbride, Co. Meath; IAA, PKS B06a/38, B09/11, A06 (Jan 1877);  Irish Times, 7 Jun 1882.