The Anglo-Irish Agreement
1985 · Event
Thatcher and FitzGerald sign a treaty giving Dublin a formal consultative voice in Northern Ireland for the first time — enraging unionists, who besiege Belfast City Hall 100,000 strong under the slogan 'Ulster Says No'. It survives their revolt, and quietly establishes the two-government framework the peace is built on.
On these timelines: The Troubles, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (combined), Master
More from The Troubles
- The Troubles (1968)
- Omagh bombing (1998)
- The IRA declares a ceasefire (1994)
- Bobby Sands is elected from his death-bed (1981)
- Battle of the Bogside sparks the crisis (1969)
- Mountbatten and Warrenpoint (1979)
- Operation Demetrius (internment) (1971)
- The Birmingham pub bombings (1974)
Around 1985
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- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)