Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe was ‘a man ahead of his time’

Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe was described yesterday as “a man ahead of his time” by two young pupils from the school where he once taught.

Sinéad Rafferty and Rachel Finnegan from Corduff National School in Lusk, Co Dublin, joined the invited dignitaries to remember Kerry-born Ashe at a State ceremony in Glasnevin Cemetary in Dublin.

Sinéad, who is in third class, said they are proud of what Ashe achieved in the 1916 Easter Rising, but they also think it is important to speak about how he was a teacher ahead of his time.