James Cosgrave
Irish politician (1865–1936)
James Cosgrave | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office August 1923 – June 1927 | |
| Constituency | Galway |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office December 1914 – December 1918 | |
| Constituency | East Galway |
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| Born | (1865-09-12)12 September 1865 Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 18 April 1936(1936-04-18) (aged 70) Dublin, Ireland |
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James Cosgrave (12 September 1865 – 18 April 1936; surname also spelt as Cosgrove) was an Irish nationalist politician, and also one of the few parliamentarians who served in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and in Dáil Éireann.
Born in Skehanagh, Eyrecourt, County Galway, he was the son of Michael Cosgrave and Margaret Kirwan.[1]
He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for East Galway in the 4 December 1914 by-election for the Irish Parliamentary Party on the death of John Roche. He did not contest the 1918 general election, and the seat was won by Liam Mellows of Sinn Féin.
He successfully ran as an Independent Nationalist at the 1923 general election and was elected for the Galway constituency.[2] At the 1927 June and September 1927 elections, he unsuccessfully ran as a National League Party candidate.[3]
In later years, he was associated with Fianna Fáil. He was later a member of Galway County Council and chairman of Ballinasloe Mental Hospital Committee.
Cosgrave remarried in 1923 and moved to Dublin, where he died at his residence at Baggot House, 91 Lower Baggot St. He is buried in Quansboro, Killimor, County Galway.
References
Sources
- "Mr. James Cosgrove, Skehanagh, Eyrecourt", Connacht Tribune, 25 April 1936.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Cosgrove
- Entry on Rayment's Commons page[usurped]
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| Preceded by John Roche | Member of Parliament for East Galway 1914–1918 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Galway constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||||||
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| 2nd | 1921 | Liam Mellows (SF) | Bryan Cusack (SF) | Frank Fahy (SF) | Joseph Whelehan (SF) | Pádraic Ó Máille (SF) | George Nicolls (SF) | Patrick Hogan (SF) | 7 seats 1921–1923 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 1922 | Thomas O'Connell (Lab) | Bryan Cusack (AT-SF) | Frank Fahy (AT-SF) | Joseph Whelehan (PT-SF) | Pádraic Ó Máille (PT-SF) | George Nicolls (PT-SF) | Patrick Hogan (PT-SF) | |||||||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Barney Mellows (Rep) | Frank Fahy (Rep) | Louis O'Dea (Rep) | Pádraic Ó Máille (CnaG) | George Nicolls (CnaG) | Patrick Hogan (CnaG) | Seán Broderick (CnaG) | James Cosgrave (Ind) | ||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Gilbert Lynch (Lab) | Thomas Powell (FF) | Frank Fahy[a] (FF) | Seán Tubridy (FF) | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | Martin McDonogh (CnaG) | William Duffy (NL) | |||||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Stephen Jordan (FF) | Joseph Mongan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Patrick Beegan (FF) | Gerald Bartley (FF) | Fred McDonogh (CnaG) | |||||||||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | Séamus Keely (FF) | Martin McDonogh (CnaG) | |||||||||||||||
| 1935 by-election | Eamon Corbett (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 by-election | Martin Neilan (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | |||||||||||||||||
- ^ Frank Fahy served as Ceann Comhairle from 9 March 1932.
