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 |
| Personal details | |
| 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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| Other political affiliations | |
James Cosgrave (12 September 1865 – 18 April 1936; surname also spelt asCosgrove) was an Irishnationalist politician, and also one of thefew parliamentarians who served in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom and inDáil Éireann.
Born in Skehanagh,Eyrecourt,County Galway, he was the son of Michael Cosgrave and Margaret Kirwan.[1]
He was returned unopposed asmember of parliament forEast Galway in the 4 December1914 by-election for theIrish Parliamentary Party on the death ofJohn Roche. He did not contest the1918 general election, and the seat was won byLiam Mellows ofSinn Féin.
He successfully ran as anIndependent Nationalist at the1923 general election and was elected for theGalway constituency.[2] At the1927 June andSeptember 1927 elections, he unsuccessfully ran as aNational League Party candidate.[3]
In later years, he was associated withFianna Fáil. He was later a member ofGalway 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.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forEast Galway 1914–1918 | Succeeded by |