Con Colbert | |
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| Born | 19 October 1888 Castlemahon, Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 8 May 1916 (aged 27) Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Allegiance | |
| Years of service | 1913–1916 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | F Company fourth Battalion |
| Battles / wars | Easter Rising |
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Cornelius Bernard Colbert (Irish: Conchúir Ó Colbáird;[2] 19 October 1888 – 8 May 1916)[3] was an Irish rebel and pioneer of Fianna Éireann. For his part in the Easter Rising of 1916, he was shot by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, on 8 May 1916.
- ^ 16 Lives: Con Colbert. p. 31.
- ^ Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn (1990), Last Words: Letters and Statements of the Leaders Executed after the Rising at Easter 1916, The Stationery Office (Dublin), ISBN 0-7076-0101-0, pg.147
- ^ D.J. Hickey & J. E. Doherty, A New Dictionary of Irish History from 1800, Gill & MacMillan (Dublin), ISBN 0-7171-2520-3, Pg.75