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Copy of TS press summary of the Independent enquiry chaired by Lord Kilbrandon. The Committee was established by the British Irish Association and consisted of politicians and academics. The Report was seen as a response to the New Ireland Forum Report. The Kilbrandon Report recommended that Northern Ireland should be governed by a five member Executive and that one of the members should be an Irish government minister. File also includes a letter from [Tony Kenny] to Kevin Boyle, enclosing draft chapters for the Kilbrandon report for Boyle's consultation. (19 Sep 1984).

Records from the summit meeting between an Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher which was held with the aim of creating agreement on cessation of conflict known as 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland and which was signed on 15 November 1985 at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland.

TS transcript by James Lee of the "Press Conference given by the Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher and Dr. Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Prime Minister, at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland." Document records the speeches given by Fitzgerald and Thatcher and also the questions put to both leaders by the media and their subsequent answers. Also includes a joint communique based on the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement and events leading up the signing and what the Agreement means and effects; TS press release issued by the Northern Ireland Office on Developments since the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

Texts and drafts of articles written by Kevin Boyle and others on the Anglo-Irish Agreement, including "Making the Hillsborough Agreement Acceptable" by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden; "The Anglo-Irish Agreement - Clarifying the Objective" TS draft document "The Anglo-Irish Agreement" by Boyle detailing a suggested synopsis of the Agreement, current problems and suggestions of solutions (A441/6/2 (4) ) "What People really think of the Agreement"; "The Search for a Political Solution"; "Copy on Art[icles] 2,3 of the Constitution from Kevin Boyle, Law Department, University College Galway" which focuses on conflicts with the Anglo Irish Agreement and the Irish Constitution. (3 copies)

TS copy of "The Anglo-Irish Agreement - Clarifying the Objectives" by Kevin Boyle and with TS letters by Boyle, with details of who he sent copies to including Michael Lillis, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Martin Mansergh, Research Department Fianna Fail Headquarters; Seamus Mallon M.P., House of Commons, Westminster; Mary and Nick Robinson, which includes statement by Boyle: "I suspect there is little in it that you will disagree with. The approach is designed of course to create space for the Unionist leadership if only they will take it. (17 Feb 1986); Mr. Declan O'Donovan, Department of Foreign Affairs; Reverend Archbishop Eames, Archbishop of Armagh, Boyle states "There is clear evidence that the log jamb is shifting North and South and we will have a better future. . . .The State must respect these differences and it cannot do so by opting for the principles of one albeit larger communion..."; John Hume, M.P and Peter Barry, T.D., Department of Foreign Affairs.

TS copy of text by Kevin Boyle being a submission to the Committee on the Government of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly. Jan 1986, 2 copies.

TS and MS letters between Kevin Boyle and others and discussing the Anglo-Irish Agreement. File includes letter signed by H.G. Calvert, University of Cardiff, saying "I wish I could strike a note of optimism in this letter. . .God Help us! All now depends on the Iron Lady. We have all of us been assuming that patient persuasion could illuminate their self-interest. It will not." (18 Dec 1985); Michael Lillis, Department of Foreign Affairs; The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, London from Tom Hadden, thanking him for hospitality at Hillsborough last week. . . (25 Nov 1985); Frank Sheridan, Private Secretary to Peter Barry, T.D. Minister for Foreign Affairs (24 Feb 1986); Letter from [Geoff Gilbert], The Polytechnic of North London, attaching a proposal for a conference on Anglo-Irish Legal Relations (4 Sep 1987); Copy of letter and article from [Tom Hadden] to Boyle, entitled "How the Anglo-Irish Agreement Might be Saved From Its Friends" (n.d.); Telex and TS report copied by Kevin Boyle to Tom Hadden from [The Guardian] reporting on how the defeat of the Divorce Referendum in the Irish Republic will have weakened the Anglo-Irish Agreement" (20 Jul 1986) and other documents.

File of TS research documents used by Boyle on researching legal issues relating to the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

Manuscript research notes by Kevin Boyle in writing and drafting comment and analysis of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

File of press cuttings from newspapers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland detailing coverage, comment and opinion of the build-up, announcement and following events from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Includes letters to newspapers by Kevin Boyle, comment on Boyle's proposals for the Anglo-Irish Agreement and other such matters.