Phoenix Park Murders
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This article is about the 1882 political murders. For the 1982 murder of nurse Bridie Gargan, see GUBU.
The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, on 6 May 1882. Cavendish was the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and Burke was the Permanent Under-Secretary, the most senior Irish civil servant. The assassination was carried out by members of a republican organisation known as the Irish National Invincibles,[1] a more radical breakaway from the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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Location | Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.35737°N 6.319411°W / 53.35737; -6.319411 |
Date | 6 May 1882; 142 years ago (1882-05-06) 5:30pm (UTC±00:00) |
Target | Thomas Henry Burke |
Attack type | Stabbing assassination |
Weapons | Surgical knives |
Deaths | Thomas Henry Burke Lord Frederick Cavendish |
Perpetrator | Irish National Invincibles |
Assailants | James Carey, Joe Brady, Tim Kelly, and co-conspirators |
Motive | Irish nationalism |
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