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2017 Thomas Ashe State CommemorationsCaroline Herriott2020-09-30T14:48:33+00:00

2017 Thomas Ashe State Commemorations

Ashe House has been named after its first resident, Thomas Ashe, who resided here while serving as principal in Corduff National School from 1908-1916. He was an inspirational and talented teacher, poet, musician, artist, social idealist, human rights activist, sportsman, Gaelic League activist, member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Commandant of the Volunteers of Dublin Brigade Fifth Battalion (Fingal Battalion).

Ashe House, as a Centre for MindBody Integration, continues to emulate and foster his ethos of education, encouraging personal, professional, and wider community growth, social awareness and development through equality for all, embracing diversity and sustainability while helping those who take part in the Ashe House programmes to achieve their full potential.

Thomas Ashe (1885-1917)

Thomas Ashe (12th January 1885 – 25th September 1917) was a member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers. He was Commander of the Fingal Volunteers (5th Battalion) during the Easter Rising 1916 and won a major battle in Ashbourne, Co Meath during Easter Week. Ashe’s battalion surrendered on the orders of Patrick Pearse and on 8th May 1916. Thomas Ashe was court-martialled and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life following the reaction to the executions of the fellow leaders of the Rising. Thomas Ashe was imprisoned in Lewes Gaol in England and became one of the leaders alongside Eamon De Valera. Ashe was released on 18th June 1917 as part of a general amnesty. Ashe was elected President of the Supreme Council of the IRB. Ashe returned to Ireland and immediately began a series of speaking engagements around the country. Thomas Ashe was arrested in August 1917 and charged with sedition for a speech that he made in Ballinalee, Co Longford. He was sentenced to two years hard labour. While in Mountjoy Prison, Thomas Ashe and other prisoners demanded prisoner of war status instead of that of ordinary criminal. As a result of prison staff taking away their beds, bedclothes and possessions, they went on hunger strike on 20th September 1917. Forcible feeding began on 23rd September. On 25th September Thomas Ashe was forcibly fed and immediately collapsed afterwards. He was transferred to hospital where his condition continued to deteriorate. Ashe died at 10:30pm 25th September 1917, cause of death according to the post mortem was heart failure and congestion of the lungs. Thomas Ashe’s death had a significant impact on the country, increasing Republican recruitment. Ashe’s body lay in state in Dublin City Hall until his funeral on 30th September. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Text reproduced by kind permission from the Ashe Family www.thomaspatrickashe.com

Article in the Irish Independent

Anne Kirwan who lives in Ashe House in Lusk with a drawing of Thomas Ashe. Photo: Fergal Phillips

‘There’s an imprint of Thomas Ashe in the energy from the walls’

Thomas Ashe, one of the forgotten leaders of the Easter Rising, is commemorated as a true hero…

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Press

The Irish Times – April 30, 2017
Thomas Ashe’s motorbike helped achieve notable 1916 victory
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The Irish Times – June 13, 2016
Kerry and 1916: from Roger Casement to Thomas Ashe
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The Irish Independent (The Kerryman) – 10 August, 2017
Centenary celebration at Ashe Hall
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The Irish Independent (The Kerryman) – 10 August, 2017
KAHS and locals to salute Ashe
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The Irish Examiner, March 21, 2016
Thomas Ashe’s death removed charismatic leader
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