EXHIBIT 5.1

                        Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP
                                Counselors at Law
                                One Logan Square
                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6998
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                                                             DIRECT DIAL NUMBER:
                                                                  (215) 569-5500

                                  July 17, 2001

First Colonial Group, Inc.
76 South Main Street
Nazareth, PA 18064

         Re:      First Colonial Group, Inc.
                  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to First Colonial Group,  Inc. (the "Company")
in connection  with the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the  "Registration
Statement")  filed by the Company with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
pursuant to the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  relating to the offer and
sale of up to 300,000  shares of common  stock,  par value  $5.00 per share (the
"Common  Stock"),  by the Company  pursuant  to the 2001 Stock  Option Plan (the
"Plan").  This  opinion  is  furnished  pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Item
601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

         In  rendering  this  opinion,  we  have  examined  only  the  following
documents:  (i) the Company's Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws,  (ii) resolutions  adopted by the Board of Directors and shareholders of
the Company,  (iii) the  Registration  Statement  and (iv) the Plan. We have not
performed  any  independent  investigation  other than the document  examination
described.  Our opinion is  therefore  qualified in all respects by the scope of
that document  examination.  We have assumed and relied, as to questions of fact
and mixed  questions of law and fact, on the truth,  completeness,  authenticity
and due  authorization of all  certificates,  documents and records examined and
the  genuineness of all  signatures.  This opinion is limited to the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
shares of Common  Stock of the Company  which are being  offered and sold by the
Company  pursuant to the  Registration  Statement and the Plan, when sold in the
manner and for the consideration  contemplated by the Registration Statement and
the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                                   Sincerely,


                                         /s/ BLANK ROME COMISKY & McCAULEY LLP
                                              BLANK ROME COMISKY & McCAULEY LLP