A biography of Con Colbert, member of Na Fianna Eireann, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Colbert commanded forces at Watkins brewery and Jamesons distillery during the Easter Rising. He faced the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, aged twenty-seven.
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John OCallaghan |
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Con Colbert is one of the lesser-known Rising leaders. A romantic patriot, he envisaged independent Ireland as a Gaelic utopia. From a farming background in west Limerick, he moved to Dublin in his early teens and worked as a junior clerk in a bakery. He captained the first troop of Na Fianna Eireann, the republican scouting movement. Also a member of the Gaelic League, IRB and Irish Volunteers, he dedicated himself selflessly to the pursuit of cultural and political revolution. Even before his execution, he was portrayed as a role model for his fellow rebels. Colbert commanded forces at Watkins brewery and Jamesons distillery during Easter week. He faced the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, aged twenty-seven.
