The Irish Assassins by Julie Kavanagh One sunlit evening, May 6 l882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by the Invincibles, a militant … Continue reading Jim Recommeneds: The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England – Julie Kavanagh