All four sitting councillors have been re-elected in Connemara North after the completion of the fourth count – the first Local Electoral Area in the country to fill all seats.

Cllr Eileen Mannion secured 112 transfers to reach the quota for the third seat, just shading Cllr Gerry King by 21 votes into fourth spot.

Their return means that the constituency has two Independents, one Fine Gael and one Fianna Fáil representative.

Oughterard has two councillors at County Hall – poll-topper Thomas Welby and Seamus Walsh, who ran for Independent Ireland.

Caption: Eileen Mannion and her daughter Sinead, after she was elected to Conamara North. Pic Gerry Stronge

Count 4

*Mannion, Eileen (FG) (+ 112) 1,684 Elected

*King, Gerry (Fianna Fáil) (+167) 1,663 Elected

*Walsh, Seamus (Ind Ire) 1,598 Elected

*Welby, Thomas (Ind) 1,591 Elected

Conaire, Mánus Ó (Ind) (+53) 973 Eliminated

Healy, Tom (Sinn Féin) (+71) 671 Eliminated

Geeson, Daniel (Greens) (+7) 255 Eliminated

Breathnach, Críostóir (Ind) (+4) 71 Eliminated