An Túr Gloine in our Neighbourhood

Watercolour designs for predella panels by Michael Healy: Scenes from the Lives of Saints Augustine and Monica for the Church of St Augustine and St. John, Thomas Street, Dublin
Part of the Irish Archives

An Túr Gloine Walking Tour

An Túr Gloine was a pioneering Irish stained glass studio founded in 1903 by Sarah Purser. The cooperative studio created innovative stained glass designs for churches, schools, exhibitions and private collectors around the globe and in every county in Ireland. Today no trace remains of the historic studio at 24 Upper Pembroke Street, where it was once located on the site of two former tennis courts.

Below you can discover stained glass windows by An Túr Gloine in the neighbourhood of the National Gallery of Ireland.

Please note that opening hours vary for each location, and some sites may charge entrance fees. Check venue websites for the latest access information.

Suggested Route

National Gallery of Ireland

Room 11┃ An Túr Gloine: Artists & The Collective

A.E. Child
St Nicholas, c.1910

Michael Healy
é Finito, 1929
(On loan from The Model, home of The Niland Collection)

Wilhelmina Geddes
Rhoda Opens the Door to St Peter, 1934
(On loan from the National Museums Northern Ireland)

Evie Hone
Three Children in the Inferno, 1948
Jugs, c.1946 (On loan from the Hugh Lane Gallery)

Room 20┃Irish Stained Glass

Michael Healy
St Ita, 1924-5
St Brigid, 1924-5
The Good Shepherd, 1924-5
St Patrick, 1924-5
St Columcille, 1924-5

Evie Hone
The Cock and Pot, commonly known as The Betrayal, 1945
Head of St John, c.1949
Two Apostles, 1952
Resurrection, 1947
St Christopher, 1944

Open daily.
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National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West

 

Stained glass panel depicting St Patrick holding a shamrock, by Michael Healy

Michael Healy, St Patrick, 1924/1925
NGI.12265.3
National Gallery of Ireland Collection

St Ann's Church

Wilhelmina Geddes

Charity, 1913
St Christopher and Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1916 (with Ethel Rhind)
Archangels Raphael and Michael, and Jacob’s Angel with Joshua, Gideon’s Vision, David and Jonathan, St Longinus, St Sebastian and St George, 1918

Ethel Rhind

‘He Hath Delivered My Soul in Peace from the Battle that Was Against Me’, 1915


Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm. 
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St. Ann’s Church, Dawson Street

 

Sketch Design for Archangels Raphael, Michael and Jacob’s Angel, with Joshua, Gideon’s Vision, David and Johnathan, Saints Longinus, Sebastian and George, by Wilhelmina Geddes

Wilhelmina Geddes, Archangels Raphael, Michael and Jacob’s Angel, with Joshua, Gideon’s Vision, David and Johnathan, Saints Longinus, Sebastian and George (Julian and Cullinan war memorial), 1918, watercolour sketch design. Presented, Mr P. Pollen, 1966, NGI.18431, The Brothers Kerr

Unitarian Church

A.E. Child
Discovery, Truth, Inspiration, Love, Work, with Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther, Christ in the Temple, Florence Nightingale, and William Caxton, 1917-18

Catherine O’Brien
Courage, Efficiency, Kindness, 1943

Ethel Rhind
The Good Samaritan, 1937

Open Wednesdays at lunchtime, 1pm to 2pm.
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Unitarian Church, St Stephen’s Green

 

Order 892 for Trefoil Window in the Unitarian Church, St Stephen's Green

Order 892 for Courage, Efficiency, Kindness: Huxley Memorial Window at the Unitarian Church, St Stephen's Green
Designed by Catherine O’Brien
An Túr Gloine Workbook, 1931 – 1962
Presented, Mr P. Pollen, 1966, IE NGI/IA/TUR/1/1/4

 

St Patrick's Cathedral

Sarah Purser
Cormac of Cashel, 1906

Beatrice Elvery
Angel Musicians, 1908-9

Open daily. 
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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Off Clanbrassil Street

Watercolour sketch design depicting Saint Cormac of Cashel, by Sarah Purser

Sarah Purser, Cormac of Cashel, c.1906,
watercolour sketch design
Presented, Mr P. Pollen, 1966, NGI.18462
National Gallery of Ireland Collection

St Michan’s Church

Catherine O’Brien
Our Lord Quelling the Tempest, 1909

Open Monday to Saturday.
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St Michan’s Church, Church Street

St Augustine and St John’s Church

Michael Healy
St Augustine and St Monica, 1933-34

Open daily, 9am to sundown. 
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St Augustine and St John’s Church, Thomas Street

Watercolour designs for predella panels by Michael Healy: Scenes from the Lives of Saints Augustine and Monica for the Church of St Augustine and St. John, Thomas Street, Dublin

Michael Healy, Designs for St Augustine and St Monica (1934) predella panels. Scenes depicted: St Monica bidding farewell to St Augustine; St Monica’s death at Ostia; St Augustine at Prayer
Presented, Mr P. Pollen, 1966, NGI.18367
National Gallery of Ireland Collection

 

Hugh Lane Gallery

Wilhelmina Geddes
Episodes from the Life of St Colman Mac Duagh, 1911

Evie Hone
The Cock, c.1948 (On display in Sarah Purser exhibition, 10 July 24 – 5 January 25)
The Deposition, c.1953

Michael Healy
Outside the Courts, 1932 (On display in Sarah Purser exhibition, 10 July 24 – 5 January 25)

Open Tuesday to Sunday.
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Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square

A blue acided stained glass panel, entitled 'Outside the Courts' by Micheal Healy

Michael Healy, Outside the Courts, 1932
Collection & Image © Hugh Lane Gallery

Discover the history, art and archives of the Irish stained glass studio An Túr Gloine in the exhibition An Túr Gloine: Artists and the Collective, on view in Room 11 at the National Gallery of Ireland from 30 March 2024 – 12 January 2025.

Marie Lynch, ESB CSIA Fellow

Published online: 2024