Phoenix Park murders

When

6 May 1882

Kind

Murder

Killed

2

Coordinates

53.36° N, 6.33° W

Description

assassination of two senior civil servants in Phoenix Park, Dublin

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1882 stabbings in Dublin

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.

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