| Phoenix Park Murders | |
|---|---|
| Location | Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°21′27″N 6°19′10″W / 53.35737°N 6.319411°W |
| Date | 6 May 1882 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 |
,_by_John_D._Miller,_pubd_1883_(after_Sir_William_Blake_Richmond,_exh._RA_1874).jpg)
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.
- ^ "HISTORY: Remembering the Invincibles". Dublin People.