Early Life
Born in Moanleana, Castlemahon, County Limerick he was the fourth youngest of thirteen children., The family moved to the village of Athea when Con was three years old. He was educated at the local national school. He left Athea at the age of sixteen and went to live with his sister Catherine in Ranelagh Co. Dublin. Con continued his education at a Christian Brothers school in North Richmond street. Colbert was employed as a clerk in the offices of Kennedy's Bakery in Dublin.Colbert was a deeply religious Catholic, and refrained from smoking or drinking.
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