already the subject of several security reports to the Secretary of the Department of Justice, Peter Berry, from the Special Branch, implicating Kelly with subversives and with promises of money and of arms." Kelly never objected to such versions of the events of 1969. Political life Following the Arms Trial, Kelly joint-founded Aontacht Éireann, a political party directly born out of the scandal. He was elected vice-chairman of the party and stood in Dáil elections for them unsuccessfully on two occasions in 1973 and 1977 in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. Aontacht Éireann met with little success at the polls and by 1980 he had joined Fianna Fáil, becoming a member of its national executive. Following the first applications of the 1987 Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act, he resigned from the party in 1989 in opposition to the extradition of Provisional IRA prisoners to the United Kingdom. He also served twice as President of the " 1916-1921" Club. Kelly was heavily involved in the Peace Process. In 1989 he published his own draft on how a Peace Process could proceed. His document called The Courage of the Brave was launched in Conway Mill, Belfast on 24 August 1989. Present on the platform party at the launch of the document were, Fianna Fáil Councillor Macarten McCormack, Mr Ernest Cowan, Chairman of Kentstown Fianna Fáil who had served with Captain Kelly on the Fianna Fáil National Executive, Robert C Linnon, National President, Irish American Unity Conference, Kate Lavery, representing John J Finucane, National President, American Irish Political Education Committee and Father Des Wilson of Belfast. He launched a successful defamation case against Garret FitzGerald over an article in The Irish Times. He died in 2003 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The epitaph on his grave is "Put not your trust in princes", "...that was a quote from Machiavelli" Suzanne Kelly (Capt. James Kellys daughter) stated in TV3s The Rise and Fall of Fianna Fáil in 2011 References Obituary 1929 births 2003 deaths Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery Fianna Fáil politicians Irish Army officers People from County Cavan People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Military personnel from County Cavan