Sunningdale
Proper noun
Meaning
Sunningdale
A large village in Berkshire, England, which was also partly in Surrey until 1995.
Related terms
Examples
Unofficial talks with Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) delegates were unsuccessful, as was the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973, which caused the Ulster Unionist Party to withdraw from the Conservative whip.
Nationalists argue that the British Government did not do enough to break this strike and uphold the Sunningdale initiative.
The failure of Sunningdale led to the serious consideration in London until November 1975 of independence.
The Sunningdale Agreement of 1973 and the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 were important steps in this process.