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May 8, 1916, marks the day 1916 Easter Rising hero Con Colbert was executed. Dermot McEvoy looks back at his life story.Â
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.
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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 language, and his abstinence from alcohol. (When asked why Irish rebellions always failed, Colbert would reply: âDrink and want of discipline and loose talk.â)