<page_title> List of Dáil by-elections </page_title> <section_title> By-elections since 1923 </section_title> <table> <cell> Cecilia Keaveney <col_header> Winner </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Donegal North-East <col_header> Constituency </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2 April 1996 <col_header> Date </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> IFF <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Death of Neil Blaney <col_header> Reason for vacancy </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Keaveney was elected for Donegal North-East in a by-election on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil Neil Blaney.