# Michael Colbert

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Irish politician (1899–1959)

For the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, see [Michael B. Colbert](/source/Michael_B._Colbert).

Michael Colbert Senator In office 7 September 1938 – 30 May 1944 Constituency Agricultural Panel Teachta Dála In office December 1955 – March 1957 Constituency Limerick West In office May 1944 – February 1948 In office July 1937 – June 1938 Constituency Limerick Personal details Born (1899-07-09)9 July 1899 Athea, County Limerick, Ireland Died 1 April 1959(1959-04-01) (aged 59) County Limerick, Ireland Party Fianna Fáil Relatives James Colbert (cousin) Con Colbert (cousin)

**Michael Brendan Colbert** (9 July 1899[1] – 1 April 1959) was an Irish [Fianna Fáil](/source/Fianna_F%C3%A1il) politician.[2]

## Early life and revolutionary period

He was born in the [townland](/source/Townland) of Templeathea, in [Athea](/source/Athea), [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), to William Colbert, a farmer, and Nora Danaher.[3] During the [Irish War of Independence](/source/Irish_War_of_Independence), Colbert served on the brigade staff of West Limerick Brigade, [Irish Republican Army](/source/Irish_Republican_Army_(1919%E2%80%931922)) (IRA) and took part in ambushes and operations against British forces while attached to IRA 'Flying Column' (Active Service Unit).[4]

Taking the anti-Treaty side in the [Irish Civil War](/source/Irish_Civil_War), Colbert took part in engagements against National forces in County Limerick and County Kerry. He was arrested in October 1922, took part in a 15 day hunger strike in November 1923 and was interned until May 1924. Colbert was later awarded a pension in 1935 for his service with the IRA between 1920 and 1923.[4]

## Politics

A farmer and horse breeder, he was elected to [Dáil Éireann](/source/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann) as a Fianna Fáil [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for the [Limerick](/source/Limerick_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency at the [1937 general election](/source/1937_Irish_general_election).[5] He lost his seat at the [1938 general election](/source/1938_Irish_general_election), but was subsequently elected to the [3rd Seanad](/source/3rd_Seanad) on the [Agricultural Panel](/source/Agricultural_Panel). He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1943. He regained his Dáil seat at the [1944 general election](/source/1944_Irish_general_election) but lost it again at the [1948 general election](/source/1948_Irish_general_election). He was re-elected to the Dáil for the [Limerick West](/source/Limerick_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency at the [1955 by-election](/source/1955_Limerick_West_by-election) caused by the death of [David Madden](/source/David_Madden_(politician)) of Fine Gael. He lost his seat at the [1957 general election](/source/1957_Irish_general_election).[5]

He and [James Colbert](/source/James_Colbert), a Fianna Fáil TD for the Limerick constituency, were first cousins; and James' brother was [Con Colbert](/source/Con_Colbert).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** He was baptised in Athea parish on 10 July 1899.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_2-0)** ["Michael Colbert"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-Colbert.D.1937-07-21/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["General Registrar's Office"](https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/cc68786438262). *IrishGenealogy.ie*. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IMA_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IMA_4-1) Irish Military Archives, Military Service (1916–1923) Pension Collection, Michael Colbert, MSP34REF2450. Available online at [http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced](http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/search.aspx?formtype=advanced).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_5-1) ["Michael Colbert"](http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1919). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Brother of 1916 leader dies: Mr. Michael Colbert". *Irish Press*. Dublin. 9 October 1956. p. 5.

v t e Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick This table is transcluded from Limerick (Dáil constituency). (edit | history) Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 4th 1923 Richard Hayes (CnaG) James Ledden (CnaG) Seán Carroll (Rep) James Colbert (Rep) John Nolan (CnaG) Patrick Clancy (Lab) Patrick Hogan (FP) 1924 by-election Richard O'Connell (CnaG) 5th 1927 (Jun) Gilbert Hewson (Ind.) Tadhg Crowley (FF) James Colbert (FF) George C. Bennett (CnaG) Michael Keyes (Lab) 6th 1927 (Sep) Daniel Bourke (FF) John Nolan (CnaG) 7th 1932 James Reidy (CnaG) Robert Ryan (FF) John O'Shaughnessy (FP) 8th 1933 Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) Michael Keyes (Lab) 9th 1937 John O'Shaughnessy (FG) Michael Colbert (FF) George C. Bennett (FG) 10th 1938 James Reidy (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) 11th 1943 12th 1944 Michael Colbert (FF) 13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Limerick East and Limerick West Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 31st 2011 Niall Collins (FF) Dan Neville (FG) Patrick O'Donovan (FG) 32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Limerick County

v t e Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick West This table is transcluded from Limerick West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history) Dáil Election Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) Deputy (Party) 13th 1948 James Collins (FF) Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) David Madden (FG) 14th 1951 15th 1954 1955 by-election Michael Colbert (FF) 16th 1957 Denis Jones (FG) 17th 1961 18th 1965 1967 by-election Gerry Collins (FF) 19th 1969 Michael J. Noonan (FF) 20th 1973 21st 1977 William O'Brien (FG) 22nd 1981 23rd 1982 (Feb) 24th 1982 (Nov) 25th 1987 John McCoy (PDs) 26th 1989 Michael Finucane (FG) 27th 1992 28th 1997 Michael Collins (FF) Dan Neville (FG) 29th 2002 John Cregan (FF) 30th 2007 Niall Collins (FF) 31st 2011 Constituency abolished. See Limerick and Kerry North–West Limerick

v t e « 2nd Seanad « Members of the 3rd Seanad (1938–1943) » 4th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Seán Gibbons (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Christopher Byrne (FF) Desmond FitzGerald (FG) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Neal Blaney (FF) Michael Colbert (FF) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) William Quirke (FF) Cultural and Educational Panel James Crosbie (FG) Thomas Delany (Ind) Patrick Doyle (FG) Seán O'Donovan (FF) James Parkinson (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel Joseph Brennan (Ind) Martin Conlon (FG) Daniel Corkery (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) John MacLoughlin (FG) David Madden (FG) Labour Panel John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) William Cummins (Lab) Thomas Foran (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Patrick Hogan (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) Eamonn Lynch (Lab) Peter Lynch (Ind) James Tunney (Lab) Dublin University Ernest Alton (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG) Nominated by the Taoiseach Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) Patrick Keohane (Ind) Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (Ind) William Magennis (Ind) Frank MacDermot (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) David Robinson (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF) Elected or nominated later 1939 Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) 1940 Laurence O'Neill (Ind) 1941 Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 3rd Seanad « Members of the 4th Seanad (1943–1944)» 5th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Joseph Hannigan (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Edward Monahan (FG) Richard Walsh (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Michael Colbert (FF) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) Daniel Hogan (FF) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) William Quirke (FF) Gerard Sweetman (FG) Thomas Walsh (FF) Cultural and Educational Panel Patrick Doyle (FG) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Donal O'Sullivan (Ind) James Parkinson (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel Joseph Brennan (Ind) Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Seán Goulding (FF) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) David Madden (FG) John Maguire (Ind) Frank O'Beirne (FF) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Labour Panel John Butler (FG) Michael Colgan (Ind) Thomas Foran (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Thomas Hayden (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Sam Kyle (Lab) Richard Mulcahy (FG) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) Dublin University William Fearon (Ind) T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind) Robert Rowlette (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael Tierney (FG) Nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Campbell (Lab) Robert Farnan (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) William Magennis (Ind) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Peter O'Loghlen (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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