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.