James Cosgrave

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title: "James Cosgrave" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1936-deaths", "irish-parliamentary-party-mps", "members-of-the-parliament-of-the-united-kingdom-for-county-galway-constituencies-(1801–1922)", "national-league-party-candidates-in-dáil-elections", "members-of-galway-county-council", "politicians-from-county-galway", "uk-mps-1910–1918", "fianna-fáil-politicians", "independent-tds", "members-of-the-4th-dáil", "1865-births", "people-from-eyrecourt", "independent-local-councillors-in-the-republic-of-ireland"] description: "Irish politician (1865–1936)" topic_path: "politics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cosgrave" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish politician (1865–1936) ::

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Field	Value
name	James Cosgrave
office	Teachta Dála
term_start	August 1923
term_end	June 1927
constituency	Galway
office1	Member of Parliament
term_start1	December 1914
term_end1	December 1918
constituency1	East Galway
nationality	Irish
party
otherparty
birth_date
birth_place	Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland
death_date
death_place	Dublin, Ireland
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| name = James Cosgrave | image = | caption = | office = Teachta Dála | term_start = August 1923 | term_end = June 1927 | constituency = Galway | office1 = Member of Parliament | term_start1 = December 1914 | term_end1 = December 1918 | constituency1 = East Galway | nationality = Irish | party = | otherparty = | birth_date = | birth_place = Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | alma_mater = | education = | spouse = | children = 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.

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. At the 1927 June and September 1927 elections, he unsuccessfully ran as a National League Party candidate.

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.

References

1. "Irish Genealogy".
2. "James Cosgrave". Oireachtas Members Database.
3. "James Cosgrave". ElectionsIreland.org.

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