Stalemate and a Search for Peace 1974-84 (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards

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Direct Rule and the Ulster Convention
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Direct Rule definition

Governance of NI directly from Westminster, not Belfast

Year Direct Rule implemented

1972

Parliament suspended in 1972

Stormont (Northern Ireland Parliament)

Who governed NI under Direct Rule

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Direct Rule intended as what type of measure

Temporary measure

Year of Sunningdale Agreement

1973

What Sunningdale Agreement established

Power-sharing executive

Year of Ulster Workers' Council Strike

1974

Year of Anglo-Irish Agreement

1985

What Anglo-Irish Agreement gave Republic

Consultative role in NI governance

Year of Good Friday Agreement

1998

Years Ulster Convention held

1975 and 1976

Purpose of Ulster Convention

Break deadlock over governance of NI

Outcome of Ulster Convention

Failed to produce consensus

How laws passed during Direct Rule

Orders in Council

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