The South Armagh by-election is won by Patrick Donnelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He got 2,324 votes, beating the Sinn Fein candidate (Patrick McCartan) who received 1305 votes.
Press Reaction :-
“…there is every reason to believe that South Armagh is but the first of the series of reverses for the Sinn Fein policy, which time of itself will consign to the limbo of lost causes.” The Free Press (Wexford).
“Armagh is one of those big things that can not be got over. It marks a turning point full of hope for the country, and full of encouragement for our kith beyond the seas.” The Western People (Mayo).
“…Ireland’s economic and political and redemption can be best worked out upon the lines of Constitutionalism rather than upon those of revolution and rebellion.” Westmeath Examiner.