Gerry Crawford has been elected as the fourth candidate in the Finn Valley.
The Fianna Fail man was surrounded by his family including his grandchildren as he reached the quota on the third count.
He polled 1,369 first preference votes.
He joins fellow party man Patrick McGowan on the council in the Stranorlar/Lifford area.
The Lifford man received a huge cheer when he finally got over the line at the Finn Valley Centre.
Many of his grandchildren wore t-shirts with their grandfather’s picture on it with the logo “Experience Counts”
Martin Harley topped the poll while Gary Doherty was also elected in this area.