FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Exhibit 23.2 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS








     We have issued our report dated January 17, 1997, accompanying the
consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Annual
Report of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and Subsidiaries on Form
10K for the year ended December 31, 1997.  We hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference of said report 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 24, 1998