Con Colbert: 1916 Easter Rising leader in Ireland
Comments May 8, 1916, marks the day 1916 Easter Rising hero Con Colbert was executed. Dermot McEvoy looks back at his life story. Cornelius (Con) Colbert was born in County Limerick in 1888 and educated at the Christian Brothersâ School in North Richmond Street, Dublin, the same school that produced Seán Heuston and Ãamonn Ceannt. Read more Although short in stature, he made a big impression as he rose through the ranks, from the Fianna scouts to Captain of F Company, Fourth Battalion, Inchicore. His personal life was dominated by his Catholicism, his love of the Irish ...
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