Talk:Con Colbert

message: There is a slight problem with the name change and it is this: In Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn, Last Words, The Stationery Office (Dublin), , they have exact copies of his last letters in which he signed them all Conn. Therefore, that is how he spelled his name. However, most sources simply refere to him as Con. So I went with the name he used himself. Any thoughts and opinions are welcome, thanks --Domer48'fenian' 21:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As long as redirects remain, I have no strong opinions on these sorts of matters, although most writings I've seen on him seem to refer to him by his full name, Cornelius. However, if we're going by the names they used themselves, then Sean Mac Diarmada should be moved back to Sean MacDermott, as that is the name he seemed to use, at least in informal circumstances (p. 159 of Last Words, for example) as well as the name his friends seemed to use (Kathleen Clarke's memoirs, I believe, use that name). But again, I'm not terribly concerned. -R. fiend (talk) 00:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So "Con Colbert Road" in Dublin gives his Gaelic first name as "Chonin", not Conn. We are safest with Cornelius ("Con") Colbert.78.17.52.218 (talk) 08:46, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conn Colbert 

message: Looking at the 1911 census Colbert is listed as being 21 years old, making him about 25 in 1916 and therefore probably born in 1890, not 1896 as the article states. There's a link to the census return here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000137536/ (Colbert's name is abbreviated to Corn's, but its certainly him, the family is from Limerick and he's working as a bookkeeper in a bakery). Does anyone know of any other sources for Colbert's birth that might clear this up definitively? ANB (talk) 20:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn in  Last Words, (The Stationery Office (Dublin), ) on pg.144 has the dates 1888-1916. I'll check out some more sources and see what I can get. --Domer48'fenian' 21:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Hi ANB, while it's useful I don't think the problem will be with WP:OR but more with WP:V and WP:RS. It's a self published source and as such would be open to challanges. If you get a responce to your email it would provide a good starting point, and hey we have a date now if all goes well. --Domer48'fenian' 00:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

text: True. Hopefully she got it from something verifiable. I think 1896 is out in any case. Colbert was working at St Enda's by 1910 cf. http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/9.6.pdf , and I'm not sure many schools employ gym instructors who are younger than most of the pupils! ANB (talk) 01:08, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: DOB not 1896?

message: I've removed the reference to Stephen Colbert claiming to be a descendant. In the youtube clip that was cited as a reference, Stephen Colbert only refers to Conn Colbert when he is trying to demonstrate that the name 'Colbert' could plausibly be an Irish name. If Stephen Colbert has claimed descent (presumably indirect, since Conn Colbert had no children) another source is needed. ANB (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Stephen Colbert

message: Ann Horgan of Limerick's mothers name was Colbert. Her first cousin was Conn Colbert. Her Whole family is from Limerick.And u can check the census. Ann's Mothers name was Nora Colbert, and her mothers name was Margaret. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.35.0  (talk • contribs) 17:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Ann Horgan