Anglo-Irish Agreement

Margaret Thatcher

Garret FitzGerald

The British-Irish Agreement was signed in 1985, at Hillsborough Castle, by the British and Irish Prime Ministers (Thatcher and FitzGerald).^[1]

The British-Irish Agreement was a 1985 treaty between the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, shortly Britain, and the Republic of Ireland, shortly Ireland, which aimed to help bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.^[1] The treaty gave the Irish government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government while confirming that there would be no change in the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless a majority of its citizens agreed to join the state of Ireland. It also set out conditions for the establishment of a devolved consensus government in the region.

The Agreement was signed on 15 November 1985, at Hillsborough Castle, by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald.^[1]