100 YEARS AGO: Thomas Ashe dies after force-feeding, 25 September 1917

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr During the Easter Rising, the 5th Battalion of the Irish Volunteers, under the command of Cmdt Thomas Ashe, carried out a series of raids and reconnaissance movements throughout north County Dublin from Easter Monday to Friday. (After the Rising, the unit became known as the ‘Fingal Brigade’ but was not ... Read more

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