| Analysing voter trends should not be limited to a high priesthood of tallymen. |
| Early on Saturday tallymen could be seen rushing between booths leaning over the makeshift partitions as ballot papers were unfolded and laid out in bundles. |
| Eventually, the boxes are all opened, the tallymen deliver their last figures to the computer room and within minutes we have a final figure. |
| The tallymen fascinated me with their eagle eyes and counting system and the siege mentality that prevailed was totally captivating. |
| Meanwhile, for once, the tallymen and women in South Kerry were well off the mark in some cases with close on 2000 votes unaccounted for when the final tally was released. |
| A close one was expected and awaited, but when the tallymen returned the outcome had been as decisive as it could ever have been in favour of Paddy Walsh. |
