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In contrast, later Irish nationalist leaders like Charles Stewart Parnell demanded merely Home Rule, which involved the creation of a subsidiary parliament in Ireland, with Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom. Ireland's parliament would only be a devolved local administration, inferior to Westminster in terms of powers, status and influence. It could also be abolished by an Act of the British parliament.
Arthur Griffith, original leader of Sinn Féin, was also opposed to the Act of Union and looked for two independent countries with a dual monarachy. His proposal was simply to regard the Act of Union as invalid and to act as it did not exist. This policy did not survive the takeover of his party by Irish republicans in 1917.History of Ireland 1801-1922