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  George Colley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
George Colley was born in Dublin on October 18, 1925.
Colley was rewarded by being appointed a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands in 1964.
Colley was seen as the "heir-apparent" with the party leadership to succeed as Taoiseach and leader of the party, particularly since he was also named as Tánaiste.
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 George Colley - Politics.ie Wiki
George Colley (1925-1983) was born in Dublin in 1925.
Colley was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1961 General Election as a running mate of Charles Haughey in the constituency of Dublin North East.
His daughter, Ann Colley joined the Progressive Democrats after their foundation and was elected a TD for Dublin South in the 1987 General Election, losing her seat at the 1989 General Election.
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 The Battle of Laingsnek - South African Military History Society - Journal
Colley was advised that the force at Pretoria was too weak to venture out to the assistance of Potchefstroom but that there were sufficient supplies to enable the garrison to hold out until communications with Natal were re-opened through the arrival of reinforcements.
Colley decided to push his way through the Boer positions without further delay and on the morning of 28th gave the order to advance, entrusting the main attack in the centre to the 58th Regiment.
Colley on the other hand had reported that the artillery-fire was ineffective and that this, together with the lack of results by the Mounted Squadron, had been largely responsible for the failure of his attack.
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 George Pomeroy Colley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Pomeroy Colley (November 1, 1835 - February 27, 1881), British general, third son of George Pomeroy Colley, of Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland, and grandson of the fourth Viscount Harberton.
He entered the 2nd Queen's Regiment from Sandhurst as ensign in 1852.
See Life of Sir George Pomeroy Colley by Lieut.-Gen. Sir WF Butler (London, 1899).
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 Transvaal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colley had now sustained 340 casualties out of his original strength of 1200, but the garrisons were still holding out and preventing the Boers bringing more strength to bear on his men.
The British government was keen to accept, but Colley did not agree with this conciliatory attitude: particularly as his reinforcements (two battalions of infantry and a regiment of Hussars) had arrived, and more were on their way.
Despite pleas from his officers, Colley refused to order the bayonet charges that would have cleared the Boers before enough of them got into good firing positions and, gradually, the British were pushed back into one corner of the hill's plateau top.
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 Majuba, Battle of - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Majuba, Battle of
George Colley was appointed British governor of Natal shortly before the first Boer rising.
While he was waiting, the Boers began a flanking movement to cut his supply route, so he took a detachment of infantry back down the route to keep it clear but lost half his troops in an ambush.
Colley decided to establish himself on Majuba Hill, which he saw as the key to the situation: the Boers would have to either attack and be defeated, or retire once he had secured this dominant position.
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 The Brownsville Herald - Online Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
George and Scarlet Colley, the boat’s owners, had received a call in January from a Cameron County official who had spotted a pelican that couldn’t fly.
Scarlet Colley rescued the bird, fed it some fish and had her son drive it to the only licensed wildlife rehabilitator in the Rio Grande Valley, the Gladys Porter Zoo.
George Colley pointed the boat toward the low afternoon sun, which had turned the water to gleaming pewter.
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 George Colley A/B
George Colley was born in the southern part of Wales in the township of Tirphail on November 9, 1924.
George served two years in the Army Reserve in Drumheller before joining the navy in 1942 at HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary.
George retired in August 1969, but within four days was back in uniform to serve as Corrections Officer at the Vancouver Correctional Institution for about 15 years.
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 THE ZULU WAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Major-General Sir George Colley, The High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, having assembled at Newcastle a small force, which included the 3rd Battalion, advanced and attacked the Boers on the 28th in position at Laing's Nek.
Colley took a small force of two 9 pounder guns, thirty-eight men of the Mounted Infantry and five companies of the 3rd Battalion, under Ashburnham, and crossing the Ingogo River occupied a small plateau on the height beyond.
Colley died a soldier's death upon the summit of the mountain.
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 CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1... - Online Information article about CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1...
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He was one of the ringleaders in the intrigues against John Highmore, who had bought a share in the patent of Drury Lane from Colley Cibber.
Theophilus Cibber, with a number of other actors, seceded from Drury Lane, and in thus depreciating the value of the patent, for which his father had received a considerable sum, acted with doubtful honesty.
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 Charles_Haughey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This move was strongly resisted by Lynch and the "doves" of his cabinet, George Colley, Brian Lenihan and Patrick Hillery.
Colley had the support of the entire Cabinet, with the exception of Michael O'Kennedy, and felt that this popularity would be reflected within the parliamentary party as a whole.
With George Colley dead, O'Malley drummed out of the party, and all other critics silenced, Haughey was finally in full control of Fianna Fáil.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
When Sean Lemass retired unexpectedly in 1966, the leadership race (the first contested race in the history of the party) was expected to involve Charles J. Haughey, Neil Blaney, George Colley and possibly others.
Lynch decisively beat Colley and became the third leader of Fianna Fáil and Taoiseach on 10 November 1966.
George Colley becomes the new Minister for Finance following the dismissal of Charles Haughey while Jim Gibbons is the new Minister for Agriculture following Neil Blaney's sacking from the Cabinet.
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 Learn more about Jack Lynch in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Taoiseach Sean Lemass retired unexpectedly in 1966, the leadership race (the first contested race in the history of the party) was expected to involve Charles J. Haughey, Neil Blaney, George Colley and possibly others.
He decisively beat the one other challenger to stand, George Colley, and became the third leader of Fianna Fáil on 10 November 1966.
However Colley was easily beaten by Charles J. Haughey.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /j/ja/jack_lynch.html   (1500 words)

  
 The Battle of Majuba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colley obtained a truce to care for the wounded and bury the dead.
Colley’s communications with Newcastle were continually disrupted by mounted Boerpatrols and as a result he decided to clear the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road thus safeguarding his supply line.
Colley left the dead and wounded on the battlefield and withdrew to Mount Prospect while the Boers moved off to the south.
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 Seanad Éireann - Volume 68 - 28 July, 1970 - Finance Bill, 1970: [Certified Money Bill] Second Stage.
I think that that is what the Senators who support the Government and the Minister must be conscious of —how shallow and hollow-sounding must be those grand phrases used in the Taoiseach's message to the people at the last general election.
Colley: On the contrary, what [1168] the country has is precisely what the Taoiseach promised.
Colley: I cannot give a figure for the same reason as I gave in the Dáil that one cannot estimate the amount of the evasion.
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 First Boer War : Battle of Majuba Hill
Account: In early February 1881 Major General Sir George Colley, the British High Commissioner for South East Africa, lay at Newcastle in Natal ready to move up the road towards the Transvaal where the Boers were in revolt against British rule.
Colley moved with the forces he had and suffered his first defeat at Laing’s Nek.
Illustrations of the stone marking the spot where “Colley fell” were widely published in the British press.
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 The young colonists: ch. 20 (1885, this ed.?) by G.A. Henty
The total force of Sir George Colley consisted of but 870 infantry, together with the mounted men and guns; and to attack such a position, with a chance of success, every man should have been sent against the intrenchments.
General Colley, however, seems at the last moment to have been alarmed for the safety of his baggage, which was menaced by parties of Boers on his left flank.
General Colley ascertained, however, that it was still possible to cross, and with the greatest silence the survivors moved off from their position, the storm helping to conceal the movement from the Boers.
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 Martin and Caroline Davis's families - Person Page 22
She married Edwin Colley Fisher, son of Thomas Fisher and Sarah Sykes, on 25 June 1846.
     George Thomson was the son of Edward William Thomson.
George Thomson was He went to British Honduras circa 1845.
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 Seanad Debates Official Report - 24-11-99
At that time his opposite number, the late George Colley, indicated that it should have been index linked because he saw the time bomb that would develop down the road.
Norris: If George Colley had been listened to a bit more in many respects we would not be in the mess we are.
Colley criticised the Minister for not doing this and warned that, in consequence, the tax would, in a relatively short time, affect people adversely and wrongly.
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 LUHRS FAMILY IN PHOENIX - PAGE 470
Occasionally, people will refer Colley to a 95 year old whose mind is sharp as a tack.
"But a George Luhrs makes it all worth while." Luhrs was born in 1895 in the Hotel Luhrs and has a "brilliant, encyclopedic" memory for names, dates and places associated with Phoenix, Colley said.
Colley which are a part of the Luhrs history, which have been turned over to Arizona State University.
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 Irish Election Database
Two of the successful candidates in Dublin Clontarf in 1977 are still representing Dublin North-East (Michael Woods of FF and Michael Joe Cosgrave of FG, although the latter temporarily lost his seat in the swing to Labour of 1992).
However, the best-known of the candidates in 1977 were George Colley of Fianna Fail and Conor Cruise-O'Brien of Labour.
George Colley was defeated by Charles Haughey for the leadership of Fianna Fail in 1979.
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 George Fox University Bruin Athletics: Softball: 2/27 vs Northwest Christian
Colley advanced to second on a wild pitch.
George Fox - inning 5 Bittle to p.
George Fox - inning 7 Guillory, L hit by pitch.
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3yrs ago she married George Colley at Worldley Bank (by man but she doesn't know if he was a minister), but she heard just before marriage that George Colley's wife was still living.
Colley, Thomas age 2yrs 9mths, baptised and she insists on taking this child with her wherever she be removed.
George Wood, pauper was her illegitimate child born Eaton Constantine about 25 yrs.
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Colley was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas George Colley, in 1998.
She is survived by her son, Peter Timothy Colley of Livonia, Mich.; daughter Carole Jeanne Grenadier of Rancho Bernardo; sister-in-law Ann Colley of Rancho Bernardo; and sister and brother-in-law Betty and Wallace Ames of Fox Lake, Ill.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Suzanne Bremer of Santa Fe, N.M.; daughters and sons-in-law Mary Kelley and Paul Pachoda of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Ann Bremer and Earl Molander of Portland, Ore.; grandchildren Tara, Krista, Audry, Camille, Deirdre and Rachel; and three great-grandchildren.
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 Battle of Majuba Hill Document
On the night of 26 February 1881 Major-General Sir George Colley planed to lead a force of 650 soldiers and sailors, including 180 Gordon Highlanders to capture a hill called Majuba, the hill was steep and would take the soldiers all night to accomplish the goal.
Colley was asleep when the attack began and was now awake shouting orders, a bullet struck him in the head and he died instantly.
After a short time most of the men were killed or wounded, many shot in the back as they ran for their lives.
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 Ann Colley - Politics.ie Wiki
Ann Colley was elected a Progressive Democrat TD for Dublin South at the 1987 General Election.
Her father George Colley had been a former Minister and Tánaiste in previous Fianna Fáil led governments.
Her father had been a rival of Charles Haughey for the leadership of Fianna Fáil.
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 South Padre Island -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When two-year-old Ranger was found stranded in a Laguna Vista marina channel, he weighed in at about 130 pounds, was severely emaciated and suffered from an infection.
She and her husband George subsequently alerted the University of Texas-Pan American Coastal Studies Lab in Isla Blanca Park and contacted the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network for reassurance.
Volunteers quickly came to the dolphin's aid, and he was transported March 31 to the Animal Rehabilitation Keep of the University of Texas's Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas where experts there and with the network worked 24 hours a day to rehabilitate him.
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 Harvey Landback and Caroline Thrasher
George S. Landback (Clara) of Colley, Pa was visiting her sister, Mrs.
September 08, 1982, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., PA Randy George Giberson was born January 21, 1957 in Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., PA. He married Traci Gail Smith, June 23, 1984 in Eatonville, Wyoming Co., PA. She was born July 28, 1964 in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., PA (Mar. Lic.
Landback of Colley, Lewis Landback of Lovelton, and William Landback of Ithaca, N.Y. Mr.
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