Gallery

Gregory Ashe, father of Thomas Ashe

Ellen Ashe (Hanafin), mother of Thomas Ashe

De La Salle Football Team 1907, Thomas Ashe third from left, middle row.

De La Salle Football Team 1907, Committee and Players. Ashe third from left, middle row.

Thomas Ashe

Thomas Ashe’s sister, Nora

Thomas Ashe in Full Pipers Uniform

Gaelic League National Convention at Galway Town Hall Theatre in 1913. Thomas Ashe seated in front row, 10th from right. Nora Ashe seated in front row, 5th from right.

1916-1917:

GPO, Easter Rising 1916

Impromptu sketch of Ashbourne battle by Thomas Ashe

Leaders of Easter Rising 1916

Thomas Ashe between guards at Kilmainham Gaol 1916

Thomas Ashe’s jacket, waistcoat, cap, sword and belt from the Thomas Ashe Museum, Dingle Library

Newspaper Article, 1916

Thomas Ashe after release from Lewes Prison 1917

Thomas Ashe, taken during Clare by-election in 1917

RIC notes on Thomas Ashe speech at Ballinalee 25th July 1917

Court-martial order, 31 August 1917

Notes by Thomas Ashe on court-martial charge sheet, 1917

Letter from Michael Collins to Thomas Ashe 21-8-1917.

Funeral:

Thomas Ashe lying in state, 1917

Thomas Ashe funeral along the North Quays of Dublin

Thomas Ashe funeral on way to Glasnevin Cemetery

Scene at graveside

Scene at Graveside

Volley over grave

This memorial card was sent by Irish leader Michael Collins to Ashe’s family shortly after his death.Collins gave the short but powerful oration at Ashe’s graveside. “Nothing additional remains to be said.That volley which we have just heard is the only speech which is proper to make above the grave of a dead Fenian”

Gravestone of Thomas Ashe in Glasnevin, Dublin

Inquest on Thomas Ashe, The Verdict of the Jury

Thomas Ashe Memorial Card, Front

Thomas Ashe Memorial Card, Inside

Commemoration:

Commemoration of Thomas Ashe in De La Salle College, 22 April 1966. Middle Row: 5th from left; Eileen Quinn (daughter of Gregory Ashe), 6th from left; Eileen Ashe (niece), 4th from right; Bridie Ashe (Norris), 3rd from right; Sean Ashe (grandnephew). Front Row: 2nd from left; Patrick Ashe (nephew), 3rd from left; Nora Ashe (sister), 2nd from right; Gregory Ashe (brother)