Tom Ashe

Thomas Michael Ashe (1927 – 19 October 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Dingle and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Ashe first came to Gaelic football prominence as a member of the Dingle club, with whom he won a County Championship title in 1948. He first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year stint with the Kerry minor football team and won an All-Ireland Minor Championship title in 1946. Ashe was drafted onto the Kerry senior football team in 1948, however, he later spent a brief spell in goal for the Celtic reserve team in Glasgow but never played with the first team. After returning to Ireland he resumed his position on the Kerry team and won two Munster Championship titles in three seasons as well as an All-Ireland Championship title in 1953. Ashe also earned selection with the Munster team and was a Railway Cup-winner in 1949.

Personal life and death

Ashe ended his inter-county career early to concentrate on the running of the family business in Dingle. He married Kathleen Flahive in 1957 and had five children.

Ashe died in Dingle on 19 October 2016.

Honours

Dingle Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1948

Kerry All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1953 Munster Senior Football Championship: 1951, 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1946 Munster Minor Football Championship: 1945, 1946

Munster Railway Cup: 1949