The Funeral of Thomas Ashe

Thomas Ashe was an Irish Republican who died on Hunger Strike in 1917. His death was caused due to force feeding by prison authorities in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. At the inquest into his death, the jury condemned the staff at the prison for the "inhuman and dangerous operation performed on the prisoner, and other acts of unfeeling and barbaric conduct"

Ashe was a commander during the 1916 Easter Rising. He was one of the leading pipers at the funeral of O'Donovan Rossa in 1915.

His body lay in state in the hospital, dressed in his Volunteer Republican uniform, and 30,000 mourners filed past his coffin. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

The music is from the movie Hunger about the death of Bobby Sands who died on hungerstrike in 1981

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[Cuimhnigh]

Maith an fear tombarry for putting this up. I'm writing a book on the Mountjoy Hunger Strike and focusing a lot on Tomás Ághas. He was a man of indescribable strenght and principle but I'll do my best to convey it..

[TomBarry192I]

Good luck with the book

[Thuglordrpt]

22 hunger strikers in all died in modern irish history. Some died under the eyes of the free state which i am sad and ashamed to say.

In ancient times irishmen would go on hungerstrike if another man / or lord, in the village would not pay for stolen cattle etc to shame the man who done wrong into paying the fine to him.

[phoenix1916]

Same as Bobby sands and many IRA Voluteers, we respect our Comrades! Least we can do!

[pepperoni223]

@Cuimhnigh

My name is Mark Boland and my grandfather was John Boland who was acting Govenor of Mountjoy at the time Thomas Ashe was force fed and wanted to get a bit more detail on his involvement in the hungerstrike. If you finished the book I would be grateful if you get let me have a copy or any information about my grandfather that you may have.

[righthand48]

My grand uncle, Rover McCann, served under Thomas Ashe in 1916 at Ashbourne, the only successful event. My uncle was captured in 1922, in the War of Independence, tortured and shot. My grandfather was later mock executed twice.

[MegaFrankiebee]

@Cuimhnigh GOOD TO KNOW PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF ARE DOING UR BEST TO KEEP HIS AND HIS COMRADES STORY IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT KNOW ONCE AGAIN ALL THE BEST WITH UR BOOK .OH SORRY I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL U MY GREAT GRANDAD WAS IN MOUNTJOY AT THE SAME TIME AS TOM AS HE CALLED HIM SO IF I COULD HELP WITH UR REASERCH I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ASSIST U SO IF U WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO ME PLEASE DO THANKS.

[MegaFrankiebee]

@Cuimhnigh All the best with ur book i hope u do him justice in death. As he did not get it his life R.I.P THOMAS ASHE UR DEATH WAS NOT IN VEIN. UP THE IRA

[chinlesswonderkid]

@TomBarry192I hope the book goes well. Keep the Faith. ALan Doherty

[davmoran]

I told my father about the movie 'the wind that shakes the barley' and the reference to the hunger strikers and it turns out that fellow hunger striker Thomas Hunter was my great gran -uncle........so proud!!

[patrickyoung1]

my name is matthew ashe and my family came from cork. we live in australia thomas was a relative on my grandads side. i have seen this before on TV out here and i'm glad that he is not forgotten.

[tomasoashe]

I spent time at his grave site in Dublin 2 years ago in Glasnevin and travelled to his home in Dingle. A great example of heroism and principle. Tom Ashe

[clonakiltylass]

this is the film that Collins had made, brilliant! You can see him at the very end around 3:28. "Nothing additional remains to be said. That volley which we have just heard is the only speech which it is proper to make at the grave of a dead Fenian."

[manchestermartyrs1]

great video tom, i see everyone who leaves a comment gets a mark as spam whos ever doing it is a childish bastard,