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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  3. Committee:British-Maze Chaplains
  4. Wednesday, 21 November 1990, at 12:00

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.

British-Maze Chaplains

Meetings of the representatives of the British government with members of the clergy engaged in the Maze chaplain initiative.

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Session 21752: 1990-11-21 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] Cahal Daly met with the new PUS, John Chilcot and the new Head of the Political Affairs Division, Danny McNeill. The Irish report of this meeting (via John Murphy) dates it as Wednesday 21 November, while Danny McNeill's account specifies 20 November. We have taken Danny McNeill's dating since it is the more formal, first-hand account of the meeting.

Membership (at session start):

John Blelloch, Peter Brooke, Cahal Daly, John McConnell, Danny McNeill, Father John Murphy, Reverend Will Murphy (7 total)

Representing 3 delegations:

British Government , Catholic Clergy, Protestant Clergy

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Record of Meeting between Danny McNeill, John Chilcot and Cahal Daly Regarding Contacts with PIRA on 20 November 1990 - (file)

This document provides a record of the meeting between Bishop Cahal Daly, John Chilcot and Danny McNeill on 20 November 1990 where they discussed the contact between Fathers Will Murphy and John Murphy and the members of PIRA/Sinn Féin. Daly clarified that the Roman Catholic Church did not want Will Murphy and John Murphy to be seen as intermediaries. The document is lightly annotated.

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