Agreement to Make Joint Filing

Exhibit A:

Agreement to Make Joint Filing

Agreement made as of the 7th day of January, 2021, by and among Bulldog Investors, LLC, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx.

WHEREAS, Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that whenever two or more persons are required to file a statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D with respect to the same securities, only one such statement need be filed, so long as, among other things, such filing includes as an exhibit an agreement among such persons that such a statement is filed on behalf of each of them;

WHEREAS, in connection with certain holdings of New Ireland Fund (IRL) each of the parties to this Agreement is required to file a statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D with respect to the same holdings of IRL;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree that one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D shall be filed on behalf of each party hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first written above.

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx		By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
	Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx			Xxxxxx Xxxxx

BULLDOG INVESTORS, LLC
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
	Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Member