IN A SENSE George Colley was born into politics - though not into one of the founding dynasties. His father, Harry Colley, had been in the Volunnteers from 1913 and fought in 1916 when he was wounded and left for dead. He was interned, first in the Castle Hospital and later at Frongoch. He became adju-tant in the Dublin Brigade of the IRA and took the Reepublican side in the Civil War during which he was jailed. He was a founder member of Fianna Fail although he only stood for the Dail for the first time in 1943. By Maurice Manning
