Sunningdale Agreement

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The Sunningdale Agreement was a 1973 political accord that sought to establish power-sharing and cross-border cooperation in Northern Ireland as part of an early attempt to resolve the Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peace process initiative ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
power-sharing agreement ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Northern Ireland ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
associatedWithConflict The Troubles ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved 1974-05-28 ⓘ
dateSigned 1973-12-09 ⓘ
1973-12-10 ⓘ
endCause Ulster Workers' Council strike ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
peace and conflict resolution ⓘ
goal create cross-border cooperation between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland ⓘ
establish power-sharing government in Northern Ireland ⓘ
help resolve the Troubles ⓘ
hasMottoOrSlogan Sunningdale for slow learners ⓘ
includedProvision consultative Council of Ireland with representatives from North and South ⓘ
guarantees for minority rights ⓘ
power-sharing executive between unionists and nationalists ⓘ
security cooperation between British and Irish governments ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Irish Agreement ⓘ
Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
introducedConcept Irish dimension in Northern Ireland governance ⓘ
power-sharing between unionists and nationalists ⓘ
jurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationSigned Berkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Sunningdale Park ⓘ
namedAfter Sunningdale Park ⓘ
opposedBy Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Official Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Ulster Workers' Council ⓘ
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party ⓘ
politicalContext post-1972 direct rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
precededBy suspension of Stormont Parliament ⓘ
proposedInstitution Council of Ireland ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive ⓘ
result creation of a proposed Council of Ireland framework ⓘ
establishment of a short-lived Northern Ireland Executive ⓘ
signatory Alliance Party of Northern Ireland ⓘ
Irish Government ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party ⓘ
United Kingdom Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
status collapsed ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) → establishedUnder → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
British–Irish relations → shapedByEvent → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
Dublin and Monaghan bombings → politicalContext → Sunningdale Agreement period ⓘ
linked to: Sunningdale Agreement
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 → relatedTo → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
Brian Faulkner → participatedIn → Sunningdale Agreement negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Sunningdale Agreement
Ulster Workers' Council → opposedTo → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
Heath government → event → Sunningdale Agreement 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Sunningdale Agreement
Chief Executive of Northern Ireland → createdBy → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
1974 general strike in Northern Ireland → opposedTo → Council of Ireland proposals in the Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Sunningdale Agreement
Sunningdale Park → knownFor → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
Sunningdale Park → locationOfEvent → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
Sunningdale Park → locationOfEvent → 1973 Sunningdale Agreement on Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Sunningdale Agreement
Ulster Vanguard movement → opposedTo → Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ