Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sunningdale in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Paisley oopposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional levelcontroversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic
Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes
Opposes the Sunningdale Agreement, which sought to rework relationships between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, providing for a power-sharing executive (government) involving both communities in Northern Ireland
Paisley opposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional level, controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes. Paisley opposes the 1972 suspension by the British Government of Edward Heath of the Northern Ireland Parliament and Government.
The pro-agreement parties win a clear majority of seats (52 to 26), but a substantial minority inside the Ulster Unionist Party oppose the agreement. The agreement is supported by the nationalist Social Democratic & Labour Party, the unionist Ulster Unionist Party & the moderate unionist & cross-community Alliance Party
Convenes a conference to establish a power sharing Assembly between in North Ireland
Declares a Council for Ireland & a British-Irish Commission for cross-border violence. A communique announces an agreement is issued, which later becomes known as the Sunningdale Agreement
Talks were held between 6 Dec and 9 Dec in the Berkshire town of Sunningdale between the British Prime Minister Edward Heath, the Irish Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and the three pro-agreement parties. Declares the Constitutional status of Northern Ireland.
The Consultative Assembly is to be made up of 30 members from Dail Eireann and 30 members from the Northern Ireland Assembly, It is to have "advisory and review functions" only.
The Council of Ministers is to be composed of seven members from the power-sharing executive, and seven members from the Irish Government.
Declares the Constitutional status of Northern Ireland
The Consultative Assembly is to be made up of 30 members from Dail Eireann and 30 members from the Northern Ireland Assembly, It is to have "advisery and review functions" only
A communique announces an agreement is issued, which later becomes known as the Sunningdale Agreement.
An attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists.
The Agreement has three parts, an elected Northern Ireland Assembly, a power-sharing cross-community Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
The Sunningdale Agreement is fiercely repudiated Unionists and the Ulster Unionist Party ceases to support the Conservatives at Westminster contributing to Heaths downfall.
Supports the Sunningdale Agreement as an attempted Northern Ireland power-sharing settlement.
Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes
Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes
Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Government record concerning the IRA: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Government record concerning the IRA: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
The Ulster Workers Union will strike if the North Ireland Assembly supports Sunningdale
The Ulster Workers Union will strike if the North Ireland Assembly supports Sunningdale
Leads a deputation of the Ulster Workers Council to wishing to destroy the agreement
The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland
The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland
The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland
Provenance
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