Exhibit 23.1







            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


     We  have  issued  our  report  dated  March  24,  2005   accompanying   the
consolidated financial statements included in the 2004 Annual Report of Republic
First Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004. We hereby consent to the  incorporation by reference of said report in the
Registration  Statements of Republic First  Bancorp,  Inc. on Form S-8 (File No.
333-602265, effective March 26, 2001).



/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 24, 2005





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