Her speech in Meschede definitely tapped into the first constituency.
Conor Murphy, a former IRA prisoner and Transport Minister in the last power sharing government, topped the poll in Newry/Armagh - the first constituency to declare a result.
Six months ago in a by-election, Clacton became the first constituency to elect a UKIP MP - heralding a "coming of age" for the party, according to its leader Nigel Farage.
The first constituency that declared in favour of a Yes vote was the rural Sligo/North Leitrim, which backed gay marriage by 54% to 46%.
The city is part of District No. 35 and is in the ninth senatorial constituency of O'Higgins Region electoral division.
In this, the second smallest constituency in the country, divided between two very distinct island communities, the local member of parliament has a far higher profile personally and plays a far more significant public role than an urban MP in, for example, Glasgow.
Again, McAllion is likely to be elected in the first past the post constituency, leaving Sewell well placed to sneak in on the list.
Counting resumed later and in the first of the two constituencies to be declared, the former SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, was re-elected to represent Foyle.
THE ECONOMIST: That retrenchment, defensive campaigning, really means relentless focus on the local electioneering that delivered those constituencies to you in the first place.
Only one seat, the northernmost Ayre constituency, was uncontested in the first-past-the-post system.
