After an impressive haul of 1,134 first preference votes in the Edenderry Electoral Area, first time Fianna Fail candidate Claire Murray was elected on the second count after Eddie Fitzpatrick's surplus was distributed. A practice nurse from Clonmore, remarkably she was the first of two Claire Murray's elected in the Edenderry Area... more on her namesake later....

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