Sunningdale Agreement strikes the security forces were prepared to use force immediately and so intimidatory barricades – essential to the success of the UWC strike – were suppressed from the outset. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA), on which the current system of Northern Irish devolution is based, closely resembles the Sunningdale Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement has famously been described by Séamus Mallon as 'Sunningdale for slow learners'. Sunningdale Agreement The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. The Agreement was signed at Sunningdale Park located in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on
Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Northern Ireland, located in Newcastle, County Down. It opened 23 March 1889 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland. It has two 18-hole links courses, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links. The Championship Course at Royal County Down measures over from the back tees, and the fourth and ninth holes are featured in the book "The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes". In 2005 the Championship Course was ranked as the fourth best course in the world outside the United States by