Last two-horse race in Irish presidential election left winner 'dumbfounded'
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Getty Images Erskine Childers pictured in 1973
Erskine Childers was "dumbfounded" to find out he had been elected as Irish President in 1973, according to his grandson. That year, Fianna Fail candidate Childers won by 4% in a close race with Fine Gael's candidate, Tom O'Higgins.
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