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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00923-3 - A Short History of Ireland: Third Edition John O’Beirne Ranelagh Index More information Index abortion, (debate on) legalisation 287–8, Andrews, John 307 294–5, 295–6 Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) 330–1 Act of Union (1800) see Union opposition to 331 Adams, Gerry xviii, 320, 321, 329–30, 335–6, support amongst Southern parties 288–9 340, 346, 347, 358, 361, 377 US influence 339–40 acceptance of Good Friday Agreement Anglo-Irish Bank 390 352–3 Anglo-Irish Treaty (1922) 122 biography/personality 343–4 acceptability to Irish majority 232 dialogue with moderates/opponents benefits for UK 232 329–30, 333, 337, 338, 342–3, 352, 353–4 preliminary negotiations 228–31 support for peace process 356–7 signing 231 adoption, legalisation of 277 Anne, Queen 81, 85 Adrian IV, Pope 39–40 Apprentice Boys 76 Aer Lingus 291 aristocrats, in Gaelic society 13–17 agrarian unrest 89–90, 111, 147–8, 153–4 defining features 16 moves to terminate 154–5 Army Comrades Association see Blueshirts peasant/tenant societies 89–90, 100 Art MacMurrough, King 49 agriculture 100–1, 110–11 Ascendancy (Anglo-Irish elite) 77–8, 83–4 farm subdivision, end of 132 critiques 85–6 problems under Free State 263 differences with Westminster Parliament recessions (1870s/1880s) 152, 167 81, 90–2, 103 role in modern Irish economy 283 domination of landholdings 110–11 see also agrarian unrest internal distinctions 84 Ahern, Bertie 73, 294, 296–7, 343, 344, 348, objections to Union 101–2 354, 357, 384 self-interested motives 92 Aiken, Frank 242,
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