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Series
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Republic of Ireland Department: Registered Papers...
Catalogue reference: FCO 87
What's it about?
FCO 87
This series contains records of the Republic of Ireland Department dealing with UK relations with the Republic and in particular the relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 87
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Republic of Ireland Department: Registered Papers and Digital Files (WL Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1970-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Republic of Ireland Department dealing with UK relations with the Republic and in particular the relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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WL file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4687 paper files and digital records
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Ireland
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series began in 1972
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Annual accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3 to document the development of UK diplomatic relations with the Republic of Ireland.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1972 a separate Republic of Ireland Department was established by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to handle all aspects of relations between the UK and Ireland in the light of the deteriorating security situation in Northern Ireland. Functions dealing with relations with Ireland were transferred to the new Department from the Western European Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15783/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
331,892 records
Within the department: FCO
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Republic of Ireland Department: Registered Papers and Digital Files (WL Series)
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