 | 'Moving towards a federal structure will mean parliaments in England, Scotland, Wales and, hopefully, Northern Ireland - though were I a Northern Ireland Unionist I would worry whether there would be a UK to which to belong a few years from now.' Lord Ellenborough, Lords Hansard, 17 th June 1998. |  |
The referendum concerned the 'Good Friday' agreement which was signed on April 10 th 1998 in order to seek to resolve the relationships between Northern Ireland and Eire and pave the way for devolution in Northern Ireland. The 'Good Friday' agreement was signed by all parties with the exception of Rev Dr Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party and Bob McCartney's United Kingdom Unionist Party who objected to the presence of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, in the talks preceeding the agreement.
| Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | 1 442 583 (94.39%) |
85 748 (5.61%) |
| Northern Ireland | 676 966 (71.12%) |
274 879 (28.88%) |
| No. | Constituency | Yes | No |
| 1 | Carlow-Kilkenny | 94.72% | 5.28% |
| 2 | Cavan-Monaghan | 93.59% | 6.41% |
| 3 | Clare | 94.40% | 5.60% |
| 4 | Cork East | 96.34% | 3.66% |
| 5 | Cork North Central | 92.79% | 7.21% |
| 6 | Cork North West | 93.87% | 6.13% |
| 7 | Cork South Central | 93.95% | 6.05% |
| 8 | Cork South West | 94.10% | 5.90% |
| 9 | Donegal North East | 93.05% | 6.95% |
| 10 | Donegal South West | 93.87% | 6.13% |
| 11 | Dublin Central | 93.99% | 6.01% |
| 12 | Dublin North | 95.72% | 4.28% |
| 13 | Dublin North Central | 94.54% | 5.46% |
| 14 | Dublin North East | 94.54% | 5.46% |
| 15 | Dublin North West | 93.78% | 6.22% |
| 16 | Dublin South | 95.75% | 4.25% |
| 17 | Dublin South Central | 93.63% | 6.37% |
| 18 | Dublin South East | 95.26% | 4.74% |
| 19 | Dublin South West | 94.02% | 5.98% |
| 20 | Dublin West | 94.68% | 5.32% |
| 21 | Dun Laoghaire | 95.80% | 4.20% |
| 22 | Galway East | 95.43% | 4.57% |
| 23 | Galway West | 94.74% | 5.26% |
| 24 | Kerry North | 92.79% | 7.21% |
| 25 | Kerry South | 93.82% | 6.18% |
| 26 | Kildare North | 95.44% | 4.56% |
| 27 | Kildare South | 94.41% | 5.59% |
| 28 | Laois-Offaly | 93.97% | 6.03% |
| 29 | Limerick East | 94.19% | 5.81% |
| 30 | Limerick West | 94.32% | 5.68% |
| 31 | Longford-Roscommon | 94.32% | 5.68% |
| 32 | Louth | 93.98% | 6.02% |
| 33 | Mayo | 94.95% | 5.05% |
| 34 | Meath | 94.92% | 5.08% |
| 35 | Sligo-Leitrim | 94.40% | 5.60% |
| 36 | Tipperary North | 93.92% | 6.08% |
| 37 | Tipperary South | 94.22% | 5.78% |
| 38 | Waterford | 94.28% | 5.72% |
| 39 | Westmeath | 94.12% | 5.88% |
| 40 | Wexford | 93.28% | 6.72% |
| 41 | Wicklow | 94.11% | 5.89% |
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