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
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Dáil Éireann
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Born in Skehanagh,
Eyrecourt,
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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, 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
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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.
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1936 deaths
Irish Parliamentary Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922)
National League Party politicians
Local councillors in County Galway
Politicians from County Galway
UK MPs 1910–1918
Fianna Fáil politicians
Independent TDs
Members of the 4th Dáil
1865 births