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The Phoenix Park Murders

Phoenix Park, Dublin

Two top officials stabbed to death in broad daylight.

On a May evening in 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland, and his under-secretary Thomas Burke were walking in Phoenix Park when they were stabbed to death by a secret group called the Invincibles. One member, James Carey, turned informer.

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When
6 May 1882
Where
53.3580, -6.3180
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A small cross in the grass opposite Áras an Uachtaráin marks the spot.

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