The Efforts to Achieve Peace in N.I. Flashcards
Name the 4 agreements used to achieve peace in N.I
-Sunningdale Agreement
-Anglo-Irish Agreement
-Downing Street Declaration
-Good Friday Agreement
What year was the Sunningdale Agreement?
1973
What year was the Anglo-Irish Agreement?
1985
What year was the Downing Street Declaration?
1993
What year was the Good Friday Agreement?
1998
Who were the key figures involved in the Sunningdale Agreement?
Brian Faulkner (Unionist party)
Gerry Fitt (SDLP)
Edward Heath (British Govt)
Liam Cosgrave (Irish Govt)
What were the terms of the Sunningdale agreement?
-A power-sharing executive to be set up
-Council of Ireland to be set up, consisting of politicians from the North & Republic
-Council of Ireland promoted cross-border cooperation & attempted to undermine the IRA
What was the outcome of the Sunningdale Agreement?
-IRA continued violence
-Unionists opposed the terms highly
-Ulsters Workers Council organised to strike in May 1974
-Government backs out of the agreement due to opposition
Who were the key figures involved in the Anglo-Irish Agreement?
-Margaret Thatcher (British P.M)
-Garrett FitzGerald (Irish Taoiseach)
What were the terms of the Anglo- Irish Agreement?
-Intergovernmental conferences with Ireland & Britain, meaning the Irish now had a say
-Increased security between the North and South
What was the outcome of the Anglo-Irish Agreement?
-Unionists protested (100,000 marched)
-SDLP welcomed it
-Thatcher ignored Unionist opposition
-Made the Downing Street Declaration possible
Who were the key figures involved in the Downing Street Declaration?
All parties
What were the terms of the Downing Street Declaration?
-End violence and to plan for N.I future instead
-Only parties that were committed to peace could participate
What was the outcome of the Downing Street Declaration?
-IRA called ceasefire in August 1994
-Loyalists called ceasefire in October 1994
Who were the key figures involved in the Good Friday Agreement?
-George Mitchell (US Senator)
-David Trimble (Unionist)
-John Hume (SDLP)
-Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin)
-Bertie Ahern (Taoiseach)
-Tony Blair (British P.M)
