Complex sentence: In the 1918 general election after Eugene Crean MP stood down, Lynch was returned unopposed in absentia in America Teachta Dála (TD) to the First Dáil for Cork South East.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1918 general election after Eugene Crean MP stood down, Lynch was returned unopposed while "in absentia" in America. He became Teachta Dála (TD) in the First Dáil for Cork South East.