Anglo-Irish Agreement

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The Anglo-Irish Agreement was a 1985 accord between the British and Irish governments that gave Ireland a consultative role in Northern Ireland’s governance and laid groundwork for the later peace process.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
political accord
aimedTo encourage power-sharing in Northern Ireland
improve security cooperation in Northern Ireland
promote political stability in Northern Ireland
alsoKnownAs Hillsborough Agreement
consideredPrecursorOf Northern Ireland peace process
countrySignatory Ireland
United Kingdom
criticizedBy Sinn Féin
dateSigned 1985-11-15
enteredIntoForceInYear 1985
establishedBody Intergovernmental Conference
establishedInstitution Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
grantedRoleTo Irish government
historicalPeriod late Cold War
influenced 1998 Good Friday Agreement
jurisdictionalFocus Northern Ireland
laidGroundworkFor Good Friday Agreement
language English
legalStatus binding international treaty
locationSigned Hillsborough, County Down
Northern Ireland
opposedBy Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
many unionists in Northern Ireland
placeSigned Hillsborough Castle
precedes Downing Street Declaration
primarySubject Northern Ireland
providedFor consultation between British and Irish governments on Northern Ireland
relatedToConflict The Troubles
signatoryGovernment British government
Irish government
signatoryTitle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Taoiseach of Ireland
signedByLeader Garret FitzGerald
Margaret Thatcher
statedPrinciple status of Northern Ireland to be changed only with consent of majority of its people
supportedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Irish government
Social Democratic and Labour Party
topic cross-border cooperation
security cooperation
sovereignty over Northern Ireland
typeOfRoleGranted consultative role in Northern Ireland’s governance
yearSigned 1985

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The Troubles peaceProcessInvolved Anglo-Irish Agreement
Hunger strikes of 1981 relatedTo Northern Ireland peace process
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
Good Friday Agreement component British-Irish Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
Downing Street Declaration relatedAgreement Anglo-Irish Agreement
Downing Street Declaration precededBy Anglo-Irish Agreement
Anglo-Irish Agreement alsoKnownAs Hillsborough Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
British–Irish relations shapedByEvent Anglo-Irish Agreement
British–Irish relations regulatedBy British–Irish Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
British–Irish Council foundingDocument British–Irish Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
Framework Documents (1995) relatedAgreement Anglo‑Irish Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
Garret FitzGerald notableWork Anglo-Irish Agreement
Northern Ireland peace process hasSignificantEvent Anglo-Irish Agreement legacy
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
Sunningdale Agreement influenced Anglo-Irish Agreement
British-Irish Council foundedBy British–Irish Agreement
subject linked to: BIC
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement
British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly basedOn British–Irish Agreement
linked to: Anglo-Irish Agreement