Con Colbert
Con Colbert Con Colbert was one of the lesser-known leaders of the 1916 Rising. Already politically radicalised, he became captain of the first troop of Na Fianna ireann, the republican boy-scout…
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Con Colbert
Con Colbert was one of the lesser-known leaders of the 1916 Rising. Already politically radicalised, he became captain of the first troop of Na Fianna ireann, the republican boy-scout movement. From a comfortable background in Newcastlewest, County Limerick, he moved to Dublin aged fifteen and worked as a junior clerk in a bakery.
Even before his execution, Colbert was held up as an icon and a role model for the Irish Volunteers.Colbert commanded a company at Watkins' Brewery and at Jameson's Distillery during the Rising. An unswerving patriot and idealist, he worked tirelessly for the dream of an Irish-speaking, independent republic. Inspiring men by example, he showed no fear in the face of danger and confronted his own death with equanimity.Con Colbert was executed at Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, aged