A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Kerry South in Ireland on Friday, 10 November 1944, to fill a vacancy in the 12th Dáil. It followed the resignation of Fine Gael TD Fionán Lynch on 3 October 1944, after his appointment as a judge of the Circuit Court.
In 1944, Kerry South was a three seat constituency comprising the southern half of County Kerry taking in the Dingle and Iveragh Peninsulas. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 19 October 1944.
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Donal O'Donoghue.
O'Donoghue lost his seat at the 1948 general election, and was never subsequently re-elected to the Dáil.
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