FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Exhibit 23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS








      We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
No. 33-55687 of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation on Form S-8 of our
report dated January 28, 2000, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation for the year ended December 31,
1999.


/S/Deloitte & Touche LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 29, 2000