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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  3. Catholic Clergy

Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)

This project models the series of formal and informal negotiations which led to the publication, in December 1993, of a declaration issued jointly by the British and Irish Governments. The Joint Declaration was a critical policy document which paved the way for a ceasefire and the entry of Sinn Féin into formal talks. It also laid out a shared set of principles – including, crucially, self-determination for the people of Ireland subject to the consent of the people of Northern Ireland – which would come to underpin the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.

Catholic Clergy

This is one of the 8 delegations in the convention, accounting for 5 of 112 people who took part.

Members (5):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
Cahal Daly Visualize Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly. Born 1 October 1917. Served as the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1990 to 1996. Catholic Clergy (This negotiation)
Father John Murphy Visualize Catholic chaplain at the Maze prison. Catholic Clergy (This negotiation)
Raymond Murray Visualize Father Raymond Murray. Born in 1938 in Country Armagh. Prominent member of clergy due to highlighting mistreatment of republican prisoners by the UDR, RUC and British Army, arguing the cases of the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six, campaigning for the 'Hooded Men' and detailing the alleged activities of the SAS. Played role as republican prisoners' representative. Catholic Clergy (This negotiation)
Alec Reid Visualize Alexander Reid; CCsR. Born 5 August 1931; died 22 November 2013. An Irish Catholic Priest who played an important role in the Northern Ireland peace process, liaising between Sinn Féin, the SDLP, and the Irish Government. Catholic Clergy (This negotiation) , Catholic Clergy (Northern Ireland Mini-Models )
Tomás Ó Fiaich Visualize Cardinal Tomás Séamus Ó Fiaich. Born 3 November 1923. Served as the Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1977 until his death in 1990. Catholic Clergy (This negotiation)