Liam T. MacCosgair
Irish politician (1880-1965)
- Born: 1880-06-06 (Dublin)
- Died: 1965-11-16 (Dublin)
- Country of citizenship: Irish Free State; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Cumann na nGaedheal; Fine Gael; Sinn Féin
- Military rank: captain
- Position held: Irish Minister for Finance (period: 1922-07-17 through 1923-09-21; replaced by: Ernest Blythe; replaces: Michael Collins); Irish Minister for Justice and Equality (period: 1927-07-10 through 1927-10-12; replaced by: James FitzGerald-Kenney; replaces: Kevin O'Higgins); Leader of Fine Gael (period: 1934-06-17 through 1944-06-01; replaced by: Richard Mulcahy; replaces: Eoin O'Duffy); Member of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: UK Parliamentary by-election; electoral district: Kilkenny City; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Sinn Féin; parliamentary term: 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1917-08-10 through 1918-11-25); Member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1918 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: North Kilkenny; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Sinn Féin; parliamentary term: 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1918-12-14 through 1922-10-26); Minister for Defence (period: 1924-03-20 through 1924-11-21; replaced by: Peter Hughes; replaces: Richard Mulcahy); Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (period: 1927-07-10 through 1927-10-11; replaced by: Patrick McGilligan; replaces: Kevin O'Higgins); Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (period: 1919-04-02 through 1922-09-09; replaced by: Ernest Blythe); President of Dáil Éireann (period: 1922-09-09 through 1922-12-06; replaces: Arthur Griffith); Teachta Dála (elected in: 1918 Irish general election, 1921 Irish elections, 1922 Irish general election, 1923 Irish general election, ..., September 1927 Irish general election; electoral district: Carlow–Kilkenny, Cork Borough, North Kilkenny; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Cumann na nGaedheal, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty); parliamentary term: 10th Dáil, 11th Dáil, 1st Dáil, 2nd Dáil, ..., 9th Dáil; period: 1919-01-21 through 1921-05-10, 1921-08-16 through 1922-06-08, 1922-09-09 through 1923-08-09, 1923-09-19 through 1927-05-20, ..., 1943-07-01 through 1944-05-10)
- Spouse: Louisa Flanagan
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/77135624
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000077341496
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n97017453
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97017453