FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Exhibit 23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS








        We have issued our report dated January 17, 1997, accompanying the
consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference of First
Commonwealth Financial Corporation and subsidiaries on Form 10K for the year
ended December 31, 1996.  We hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of said reports in the Registration Statement of First
Commonwealth Financial Corporation and subsidiaries on Form S-8 
(File No. 33-55687) effective September 29, 1994.



                                                  /S/Grant Thornton LLP  

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 28, 1997