Is it the case that Labour's Ellen Ferris is only the second widow to fail to win a Dail seat held by her late husband? A Quidnunc informant says the first was Hilda O'Malley, widow of Donough, who stood as an independent against, among others, the nephew and FF candidate, one Des O'Malley in 1968.
Slipping seats
Is it the case that Labour's Ellen Ferris is only the second widow to fail to win a Dail seat held by her late husband? A Quidnunc…
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