Anglo-Irish Agreement

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bilateral treaty international agreement political accord

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

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 → 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 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anglo-Irish Agreement ("Hillsborough Agreement") →	alsoKnownAs
Good Friday Agreement ("British-Irish Agreement") →	component
British–Irish Council ("British–Irish Agreement") →	foundingDocument
The Troubles →	peaceProcessInvolved
Downing Street Declaration →	precededBy
British–Irish relations ("British–Irish Agreement") →	regulatedBy
Downing Street Declaration →	relatedAgreement
Hunger strikes of 1981 ("Northern Ireland peace process") →	relatedTo
British–Irish relations →	shapedByEvent