Brokering the Good Friday Agreement

Description

Irish civil servants and political advisers reveal their role in the Northern Ireland peace process. Their testimonies evoke a strong sense of the highly sensitive political environment in which they worked. They reflect on the impact of an ever-changing political landscape on prospects for advancing the peace process, and on the evolution of policy and thinking about Northern Ireland from the outbreak of violence in 1968 to the conclusion of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. These personal accounts offer insight into how the Irish tried to shape the course of the negotiation of a hard-won agreement.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Irlanda del Norte
• Military history
• Ireland
• Northern Ireland
• Stephen Ireland
• Irlande du Nord

Informations

• Publié par: Royal Irish Academy
• Date de parution: 16 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781911479116
• Langue: English

Extrait

Brokering the Good Friday Agreement
The untold story
edited by MARY E. DALY
Brokering the Good Friday Agreement: the untold story
First published 2019 Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.ria.ie
Royal Irish Academy
ISBN 978-1-911479-09-3 (PB) ISBN 978-1-911479-10-9 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-911479-11-6 (epub) ISBN 978-1-911479-12-3 (mobi)
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CONTENTS
Glossary of Names
Foreword
Olivia O Leary
Introduction
Mary E. Daly
EARLY STAGES TO THE NEW IRELAND FORUM
The Rocky Road to the Good Friday Agreement
Se n Donlon
The Years Before Good Friday: Some Personal Memories
Noel Dorr
The New Ireland Forum: Redefining Irish Nationalism and Setting the Agenda for the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Ted Smyth
Panel 1 Overview
Mary E. Daly
MID -1980s AND ONWARDS: ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT AND SECRETARIAT AT MARYFIELD
The Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985
Michael Lillis
Building Westminster Commitment to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Richard Ryan
Some Thoughts on the Travellers and on Maryfield
D ith O Ceallaigh
Panel 2 Overview
Margaret O Callaghan
ROAD TO AGREEMENT : EARLY 1990s AND THE DOWNING STREET DECLARATION
The Early Phase of the Irish Peace Process: The Path to the Downing Street Declaration and the First Ceasefires
Martin Mansergh
Antecedents and Precursors of the Good Friday Agreement
Sean O hUiginn
Weak Tea and Shortbread: Reflections on the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Fergus Finlay
Panel 3 Overview
Catherine Day
GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT: NEGOTIATION AND AFTERMATH
The Good Friday Agreement: Why Then?
Paddy Teahon
My Journey to the Good Friday Agreement
David Donoghue
North-South Cooperation and the Good Friday Agreement: A Story of Good Architecture
Tim O Connor
Two Inspectors Call and Other Events
Tim Dalton
Panel 4 Overview
Barbara Jones
Selected Reading
Select Chronology
Appendix: Members and Secretariat of the New Ireland Forum
Notes on Contributors
GLOSSARY OF NAMES
Gerry Adams , member of Provisional Sinn F in, Sinn F in president 1983-2018
Bertie Ahern , leader of Fianna F il 1994-2008, taoiseach 1998-2008
Dermot Ahern , Fianna F il politician, minister for foreign affairs 2004-8
Martti Ahtisaari , president of Finland 1994-2000, member of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in Northern Ireland, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2008
Julian Amery (1919-96), Conservative MP 1952-92, member of the Monday Club
David Andrews , Fianna F il TD 1977-2002, minister of state at Department of Foreign Affairs 1977-79, minister for foreign affairs 1997-2000
Robert Armstrong , principal private secretary to British prime minister 1970-9; permanent secretary, Home Office 1977-79; Cabinet secretary 1979-87
Donal Barrington (1928-2018), barrister, supreme court justice, author of Tuairim pamphlet Uniting Ireland 1957
Peter Barry (1928-2016), deputy leader of Fine Gael 1977-87, 1991-3; minister for foreign affairs 1982-7
Ray Bassett , Department of Foreign Affairs
Roy Beggs , Ulster Unionist Party, Westminster MP 1983-2005
Sandy Berger (1945-2015), United States national security advisor 1997-2001
Bill Benyon (1930-2014), Conservative MP 1970-92
Sir John Biggs-Davison (1918-88), Conservative MP 1970-88, member of Monday Club
Tony Blair , British prime minister 1997-2007
Sir Kenneth Bloomfield , permanent secretary to Northern Ireland power-sharing executive 1974, head of Northern Ireland civil service 1984-91
Leon Brittan (1939-2015), Conservative MP, home secretary 1983-5, EU commissioner 1989-99
Peter Brooke , Conservative MP 1977-2001, secretary of state for Northern Ireland 1989-92
Joe Brosnan , secretary-general, Department of Justice 1991-3; member of Independent Monitoring Commission
John Bruton , leader of Fine Gael 1990-2001, taoiseach 1994-7
Sir Antony Buck (1928-2003), Conservative MP 1961-93
Nicholas Budgen (1937-98), Conservative MP 1974-97
Robin Butler , principal private secretary to the prime minister 1982-85, Cabinet secretary 1988-98
David Byrne , attorney general 1997-9, EU commissioner 1999-2004
James (Jim) Callaghan (1912-2005), British home secretary 1967-70, foreign secretary 1974-7, prime minister 1977-9
Hugh Carey (1919-2011), governor of New York State 1975-82, one of the so-called Four Horsemen of US politics
Jimmy Carter , US president 1977-81
Peter Carrington (1919-2018), secretary of state for defence 1970-4, foreign secretary 1979-82
John Chilcot , civil servant, Home Office and Cabinet Office; permanent under-secretary of state for Northern Ireland 1990-7
Bill Clarke , US assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs 1989-92
Bill Clinton , US president 1993-2001
Gerard Collins , Fianna F il TD 1967-97, minister for justice 1977-81, 1987-9; minister for foreign affairs 1982, 1989-92
Padraic Collins , Department of Foreign Affairs
Tom Conaty , chair of Belfast Central Citizens Defence Committee and community activist, 1970s
Don Concannon (1930-2003), British Labour MP 1966-87, under-secretary of state for Northern Ireland 1974-6, minister of state for Northern Ireland 1976-9
Robin Cook (1946-2005), British Labour MP 1966-2005, foreign secretary 1997-2001
David Cooney , Department of Foreign Affairs
Brendan Corish (1918-90), leader of Irish Labour Party 1960-77, t naiste 1973-77
Liam Cosgrave (1920-2017), leader of Fine Gael 1965-77, taoiseach 1973-7
Declan Costello (1926-2011), attorney general 1973-7
David Crouch (1919-98), Conservative MP 1966-87
Bernard Cullen , Department of Foreign Affairs
Austin Currie , member of Northern Ireland parliament 1964-72, member of Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, founding member SDLP, Fine Gael TD 1989-2002, minister of state at Department of Justice 1994-7
John Cushnahan , leader of the Alliance Party 1984-7
Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009), Roman Catholic bishop of Down and Connor 1982-90, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland 1990-6
Edward Daly (1933-2016), priest who was present during Bloody Sunday, February 1972; bishop of Derry 1974-94
General John de Chastelain , Canadian armed forces 1996-8, one of the international chairmen overseeing talks that led to Good Friday Agreement, Member of Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
amon de Valera (1882-1975), taoiseach 1932-48, 1951-4, 1957-9; president of Ireland 1959-73
Pat Doherty , vice-president of Sinn F in 1988-2009, member of Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2017
Alf Dubs , British Labour MP 1979-87, life peer 1997, parliamentary under-secretary at Northern Ireland Office 1997-9
Robin Eames , Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland 1986-2009
David Ervine (1953-2007), member of Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2007, leader of Progressive Unionist Party 2002-7
Ronan Fanning (1941-2017), professor of modern history, University College Dublin 1985-2007
Sean Farrell , Department of Foreign Affairs
Fr Denis Faul (1932-2006), priest and civil rights campaigner
Brian Faulkner (1921-77), last prime minister of Northern Ireland (1971-2), chief executive of the Northern Ireland Executive 1974
Sir Nicholas Fenn , UK ambassador to Ireland 1986-91
Desmond Fennell , writer and commentator
Garret FitzGerald (1926-2011), minister for foreign affairs 1973-77, leader of Fine Gael 1977-87, taoiseach 1981-2, 1982-7
P draig Flynn , Fianna F il TD 1977-94, minister for justice 1993-4, EU commissioner 1993-9
George Foulkes , British Labour MP 1979-2005
Sir Marcus Fox (1927-2002), Conservative MP 1970-97, vice-chair (1983-94) and chair (1994-7) of 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs
Dermot Gallagher (1944-2017), Irish ambassador to the USA 1991-7, second secretary at Department of the Taoiseach 1997-9, key role in Good Friday Agreement, secretary general of Department of the Taoiseach 2000-2, secretary general of Department of Foreign Affairs 2002-9
Eamonn Gallagher (1926-2009), Department of Foreign Affairs, EU official
Dermot Gleeson , attorney general 1994-7
Robin Glendinning , founding member of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Goodall (1931-2016), deputy-secretary Cabinet Office, deputy under-secretary Foreign Office 1982-7
Ian Gow (1937-90), Conservative MP 1974-90, parliamentary private secretary to Prime Minister Thatcher, assassinated by Provisional IRA
Grey Gowrie , Scottish hereditary peer, born Dublin; Conservative politician
Baron Hailsham (1907-2001), Conservative politician, lord chancellor 1970-4, 1979-87
Mary Harney , TD 1981-2002, t naiste 1997-2006, leader of Progressive Democrats 1993-2006
Roy Hattersley , British Labour MP 1964-97; deputy leader of Labour 1983-92
Charles Haughey (1925-2006), Fianna F il TD 1957-92; Cabinet minister 1961-70, 1977-9; leader of Fianna F il 1979-92; taoiseach 1979-81, 1982, 1987-92
Ted Heath , Conservative politician, British prime minister 1970-4
Joe Hendron , SDLP politician
Jack Hermon (1928-2008), chief constable of RUC 1980-9
Patrick Hillery (1923-2008),