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Haughey was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Joseph's secondary school in Fairview, where one of his classmates was George Colley, subsequently his cabinet colleague and rival in Fianna Fáil.

In his youth, he was an amateur sportsman, playing Gaelic football with the Parnell GAA Club in Donnycarney.

Haughey read Commerce at University College Dublin ( UCD ) where he took a First Class Honours degree in 1946.

It was at UCD that Haughey became increasingly interested in politics and was elected Auditor of the Commerce and Economics Society.

He also met there with one of his future political rivals, Garret FitzGerald.