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Phoenix Park Murders
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Phoenix Park Murders
The
Phoenix Park Murders
were the fatal stabbings on 6 May 1882 in the
Phoenix Park
in Dublin of
Lord Frederick Cavendish
and
Thomas Henry Burke
. Cavendish was the newly appointed
Chief Secretary for Ireland
, and Burke was the Permanent Undersecretary, the most senior Irish civil servant. The assassination was carried out by members of the "
Irish National Invincibles
".
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