Sunningdale Agreement

The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. The Agreement was signed at the Civil Service College (now the National School of Government) in Sunningdale Park located in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on 9 December 1973. Unionist opposition, violence and a loyalist general strike caused the collapse of the Agreement in May 1974.

Read more about Sunningdale Agreement:  Northern Ireland Assembly, Power-sharing Executive, Council of Ireland, Reaction To The Agreement, Collapse of The Agreement

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