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 Anglo-Irish Agreement
surface form: Hillsborough Agreement
consideredPrecursorOf Northern Ireland peace process
countrySignatory Ireland
United Kingdom
criticizedBy Sinn Féin
dateSigned 1985-11-15
enteredIntoForceInYear 1985
establishedBody Intergovernmental Conference
establishedInstitution British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
surface form: Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
grantedRoleTo Government of Ireland
surface form: Irish government
historicalPeriod late Cold War
influenced Good Friday Agreement
surface form: 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
Government of Ireland
surface form: 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 UK government
surface form: British government

Government of Ireland
surface form: 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 Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland peace process
Good Friday Agreement component Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: British-Irish Agreement
Downing Street Declaration relatedAgreement Anglo-Irish Agreement
Downing Street Declaration precededBy Anglo-Irish Agreement
Anglo-Irish Agreement alsoKnownAs Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: Hillsborough Agreement
British–Irish relations shapedByEvent Anglo-Irish Agreement
British–Irish relations regulatedBy Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: British–Irish Agreement
British–Irish Council foundingDocument Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: British–Irish Agreement
Framework Documents (1995) relatedAgreement Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: Anglo‑Irish Agreement
Garret FitzGerald notableWork Anglo-Irish Agreement
Northern Ireland peace process hasSignificantEvent Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: Anglo-Irish Agreement legacy
Sunningdale Agreement influenced Anglo-Irish Agreement
BIC foundedBy Anglo-Irish Agreement
subject surface form: British-Irish Council
this entity surface form: British–Irish Agreement
British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly basedOn Anglo-Irish Agreement
this entity surface form: British–Irish Agreement