Healy-Rae brothers defy convention to conquer reunited Kingdom of Kerry

Two brothers with over two quotas between them, a new Fianna Fáil TD, a Fine Gael minister losing his seat to his former parliamentary assistant, the elimination of a Labour TD, the scraping home of Sinn Féin TD, and no woman TD once again, are among the key factors in the new Kerry constituency.
Healy-Rae brothers defy convention to conquer reunited Kingdom of Kerry

With 16 candidates vying for five seats, and five sitting TDs seeking re-election, and a new single constituency united for the first time since 1937, Kerry was expected to be full of variables.

However, a month ago, no-one would have predicted that two brothers from the tiny village of Kilgarvan (population 213) in South-east Kerry would elect the first of the TDs in the second biggest geographical constituency spanning the State.

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