{"id":5618,"date":"2026-01-03T23:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/annual-release-of-records-of-state\/annual-release-2026\/letters-for-peace-1995\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:11:24","slug":"letters-for-peace-1995","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/annual-release-of-records-of-state\/annual-release-2026\/letters-for-peace-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters for Peace (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"block-block_a6e2fb1a3442d31285148ceb13cf6fde\" class=\"landing-page-header-block title-width-default block-color-gold block-row-02-type-share block-row-02-share-position-top intro-full-width\" data-style=\"style-01\">    \n\n\t<div class=\"header \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"translation-notice\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-0\">Letters for Peace (1995)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- mobile -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-row-02\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-button pulse fade-in\" data-js=\"share-button\">SHARE<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t<span class=\"notification-top\" data-js=\"share-copied\">URL copied to clipboard<\/span>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_03191f87071d3aa6dae610f4521347e9\" class=\"content-tile-block nai-block margin-top-small margin-bottom-none image_right text-regular text-black bg-white smaller-heading\" data-layout=\"layout-1-2\">        \n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" data-image=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content cms-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Behind the headlines of the Northern Ireland peace process were letters that shaped history. One newly released file contains correspondence between Gerry Adams and key figures including John Bruton, Patrick Mayhew, and John Major.<\/p>\n<p>A letter from Adams to Bruton (30 June 1995) stresses the importance of \u201cinclusiveness\u201d in negotiations, while Bruton\u2019s letter to Major (22 June 1995) identifies obstacles to progress. These exchanges reveal the complexity and urgency of building peace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7558\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFA_2023_50_164_001.jpg?w=731\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7559\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFA_2023_50_164_002.jpg?w=730\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7560\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFA_2023_50_164_003.jpg?w=733\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong> NAI\/DFA\/2023\/50\/164<br \/>\n<strong>Image:<\/strong> Copy of Adams\u2019 letter to Mayhew, 23 August 1995.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>    \n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":5613,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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