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Rare Mementos of Rebel Leader Ashe (Thomas) 1916 Commandant A small and unusual collection relating to the 1916 Leader, including a lock of Ashe's hair, and a pencilled note of authentication, signed by A. Stack, also a copy of Ashe's memorial card with oval photograph, and a circular locket containing an original photograph of Ashe, the entire displayed in a glazed box. * Thomas Ashe was the most successful of the 1916 commandants. He led a small force of Co. Meath and North Dublin Volunteers which defeated a much larger force of armed R.I.C. at the 'Battle of Ashbourne' during Easter Week. Born near Lispole in Co. Kerry in 1885, Thomas Ashe trained as a national teacher and was principal of a school at Rush, Co. Dublin from 1908. He was active in the Gaelic League and the Irish Volunteers, and was a friend of Sean O'Casey and a supporter of Jim Larkin during the Dublin Lock-Out. After the Rising, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, but released in June 1917. He was re-arrested on charge of incitement and jailed for two years. In Mountjoy Jail he led a campaign for political status for Republican prisoners, and died following forcible feeding during a hunger strike. Some 30,000 people attended his funeral, at which Michael Collins was the speaker. N.B. We believe these items to be authentic, but are not in a position to offer a guarantee. Provenance: From the family of Mrs. Kathleen Napoli Mc Kenna, purchased some years ago by present owner. Rare Mementos of Rebel Leader Ashe (Thomas) 1916 Commandant A small and unusual collection relating to the 1916 Leader, including a lock of Ashe's hair, and a pencilled note of authentication, signed by A. Stack, also a copy of Ashe's memorial card with oval photograph, and a circular locket containing an original photograph of Ashe, the entire displayed in a glazed box. * Thomas Ashe was the most successful of the 1916 commandants. He led a small force of Co. Meath and North Dublin Volunteers which defeated a much larger force of armed R.I.C. at the 'Battle of Ashbourne' during Easter Week. Born near Lispole in Co. Kerry in 1885, Thomas Ashe trained as a national teacher and was principal of a school at Rush, Co. Dublin from 1908. He was active in the Gaelic League and the Irish Volunteers, and was a friend of Sean O'Casey and a supporter of Jim Larkin during the Dublin Lock-Out. After the Rising, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, but released in June 1917. He was re-arrested on charge of incitement and jailed for two years. In Mountjoy Jail he led a campaign for political status for Republican prisoners, and died following forcible feeding during a hunger strike. Some 30,000 people attended his funeral, at which Michael Collins was the speaker. N.B. We believe these items to be authentic, but are not in a position to offer a guarantee. Provenance: From the family of Mrs. Kathleen Napoli Mc Kenna, purchased some years ago by present owner.