Individual Details

Again imprisoned for agitation in October 1881 together with Parnell, William O’Brien and others in Kilmainham Gaol, he signed the No rent Manifesto in solidarity although not fully in agreement with it. Parnell sought to end the Land War by agreeing the Kilmainham treaty after which they were released from prison in May 1882. Shortly afterwards they received the freedom of the city of Dublin. Unhappy with Parnell’s "New Departure" and because his health had suffered, he resigned his seat in Parliament on 6 March 1883,[1] and retired from politics to Colorado in America where his brother lived. Returning in 1885, Parnell nominated him as the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate for East Mayo in the general election in November 1885, where he was returned unopposed.[2] He represented the constituency without a break until 1918.[2]

Birth	4 Sep 1851	Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Census	1 Jun 1885	Douglas, Colorado, United States
Death	4 Aug 1927	London, England, United Kingdom
Burial	8 Aug 1927	Dublin, Ireland

Father	John Blake DILLON (1814 - 1866)
Sibling	William DILLON (1850 - )