The Good Friday Agreement

Below are some resources for learning more about the Good Friday Agreement and Northern Ireland.

Many of our members are experts on the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland, and more. See their publications.


Recent Research and Reports

Pivotal Public Policy Forum: The first seven months of the restored Northern Ireland Executive (September 2024)

The Road to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Reconciliation and Legacy) Act 2023: A narrative compendium of CAJ submissions by the Committee on the Administration of Justice (November 2023)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights (February 2022)

Submission to the Committee of Ministers in relation to the supervision of the cases concerning the action of the security forces in Northern Ireland (October 2021)

Political Settlements Research Partnership: Intimate Partner Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: Recent Research and Lessons from Northern Ireland

Independent Reporting Commission: Fourth Report


25th Anniversary

Agreement 25: Queen’s Unversity Belfast Conference Marking 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. April 2023

https://sharedfuture.news/the-possible-exists-within-the-impossible-agreement-25-day-one/

President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to Belfast, Northern Ireland to Attend the 25th Anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement


Educational Resources

Education.NIAssembly.gov.uk: The Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement (1998)


Background on the Troubles

CAIN
Troubles Archive Timeline
Museum of Free Derry
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

Good Friday Speeches and Events 

The Troubles: BBC Spotlight series 
Episode 1Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4

The Troubles
The IRA
Voices From the Grave
My Journey Through the Troubles
Films about the Troubles

Bill Clinton in Northern Ireland

Derry
Dublin
Belfast Christmas Tree Lighting
Northern Ireland Assembly
1998 Armagh

Senator George Mitchell  

Keynote Speech – Building Peace: The Belfast / Good Friday Agreement
A Conversation with Senator George Mitchell at the JFK Library
“Why Good Friday?” – The Ray D’Arcy Show 
President Bill Clinton and Senator George Mitchell receive the Freedom of Belfast.
Irish Institute Lecture: Senator George Mitchell

John Hume

Bill Clinton and John Hume

HumeFoundation.org
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America – film
Bill Clinton: John Hume a ‘model for what we should get back to in the world’ (YouTube)
“Days Like This”: President Clinton’s Public Diplomacy in Northern Ireland
RememberingJohnHume.com – a virtual tribute

The Good Friday Agreement Process

The Secret Peacemaker: Roots Of The Anglo-Irish Peace Process
BBC News Report on Good Friday Agreement
Good Friday Agreement 20 years on: interview with Bertie Ahern – BBC Newsnight
Paisley – From Troublemaker To Peacemaker

Reflections on GFA 20 years on 

The View: Good Friday Agreement 20 years on
Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement: Then and Now, 1998-2018
Good Friday Agreement 20 years on: interview with Bertie Ahern – BBC Newsnight 
Building Peace:Good Friday Agreement Documentary 2018
Two decades after peace pact, reconciliation still lags in Northern Ireland
Blair and Clinton return to Northern Ireland to mark 20 years since Good Friday Agreement

Articles from 2019

Leading Irish Americans organize to protect the Good Friday Agreement from Brexit
US Congress to vote on support for Good Friday Agreement
US Congress urged to vote for support of Good Friday Agreement

Northern Irish Politics Are Broken

Protecting the Good Friday Agreement is Essential
How Brexit is leading a resurgent Irish American influence in US politics
It’s not Donald Trump the UK should be wooing to get a trade deal. It’s Nancy Pelosi

Brexit: Theresa May responds to Irish American concerns

We’ll block trade deal if Brexit imperils open Irish border, say US politicians
We are not giving up: Irish citizenship campaigner drops court challenge


Nancy Pelosi visit to Ireland 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Addresses Irish Parliament
Nancy Pelosi on Brexit: why Irish-US diplomacy is a powerful force in border talks
Why did Nancy Pelosi visit Ireland?


Member Publications

Many of our members are experts on the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland, and more. See their publications.