The Dublin parliament voted him £100,000 in thanks, of which he accepted £50,000.
His second son at this point also gained a seat in the Dublin Parliament.
Parnell's task was now to win acceptance of the principle of a Dublin parliament.
This new agreement was approved by the Dáil (the Dublin parliament) by a vote of 71 to 20.
When James's Dublin parliament passed the acts of repeal and attainder, he remonstrated with the king.
No northerner has ever been President, although northerners have held seats in the Dublin Parliament.
As difficult was the problem of minority rights for Irish Protestants in the Dublin Parliament.
They feared a Dublin parliament run by farmers would hamper their prosperity by imposing barriers on trade with Britain.
Almost 200,000 men enlisted in support of a Dublin parliament and to defend the establishment of same from any threat from Ulster.
This party would represent the workers in the expected Dublin Parliament under the Third Home Rule Act 1914.