One of his sons was George Coburn, Fine Gael TD for Louth 1954 to 1961.
[3] Following Fianna Fáil's entry into the Dáil in August 1927, Coburn proposed that the National League support the Labour Party motion of no confidence in the government.
The motion failed and in the subsequent election in September 1927 the National League was reduced to only two TDs, Coburn being one of them.
[5] Coburn had sympathetic attitudes to Mussolini stating in the Dail in 1937 that "If I had a choice between Mussolini as leader, as President of the Irish Free State——if I had to make my choice as between him and the man representing Labour, that representative of sloppy sentimentalism in the form of cheap sloppy democracy, I would vote a thousand times for Mussolini.
"[6] He died during the 14th Dáil and the subsequent by-election on 3 March 1954 was won by his son George Coburn.