Bruckless native Danny Byrne has been elected to the Dublin City Council for Ringsend area of Dublin City.
The south Donegal man was elected for Fine Gael following the fifth count on Sunday evening.
Mr Byrne was previously an estate agent and had been living in the Dublin area since 2005.
Part of the Lost at Sea Tragedies Organisation, Byrne lost his father and brother in a tragic accident in 1981 at sea.
In 2018, the Byrne family who had secured the Ombudsman’s support for State compensation over exclusion from a Government scheme has finally been sent a cheque for a six-figure sum.
The Bruckless residents received an ex-gratia payment from Minister for Marine Michael Creed, after a 14-year battle over her exclusion from the “Lost at Sea scheme” to support families whose vessels had sunk.
Francis Byrne and 16-year-old Jimmy Byrne, and three other crew died when their fishing vessel Skifjord sank 38 years ago.