Early Life
Hunter was born in 1885 in the village of Castletownroche, County Cork in Ireland, son of Con Hunter, the local Creamery Manager, and his wife Ellen (nee Hayes) of Glanworth. In 1907, he moved to Dublin to begin his apprenticeship as a draper. He soon joined Conradh na Gaeilge and came under the influence of Thomas Clarke. He was a close friend of Conn Colbert (whom he named his son after); William T. Cosgrave and Tom McEllistrim.
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