69.5% of Carlow turned out to vote on Friday No candidates reached the quota until the… 69.5% of Carlow turned out to vote on Friday. No candidates reached the quota until the seventh count electing John McGuinness of Fianna Fáil. Kathleen Funchion of Sinn Féin and John Paul Phelan of Fine Gael were elected after the tenth count. Finally Bobby Aylward (FF) and Pat Deering (FG) were elected after the eleventh count.