Irish National Invincibles usually known as "the Invincibles" was largely composed of former Irish Republican Brotherhood members operating independently of the IRB. The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) played an important role in the history of Ireland. ...

They planned to kill the Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office Thomas Henry Burke and it was Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish's misfortune that he was walking with Burke when the assassins struck in Phoenix Park Dublin at 17:30 Saturday May 6, 1882, in what was to be known as the Phoenix Park Murders. Thomas Henry Burke, (1829 – 1882) He was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being assassinated during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday May 6, 1882. ... The Chief Secretary was the most important position for determining Ireland after the Lord Lieutenant, and was frequently a cabinet level position in the 19th and early twentieth centuries. ... Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (November 30, 1836 - May 6, 1882), son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, was a British Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, who was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park The Phoenix Park (in Irish, Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is a large park near the outskirts of Dublin City, Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term Phoenix Park Murders is used to refer to the assassination in 1882 of the second and third in command of the British Dublin Castle government of Ireland by the Irish National Invincibles. ...

The Invincibles targeted Burke because he was an Irish Catholic, who had been working for the British Establishment in a prominent position for many years; and was in their eyes a traitor.

The assassinations in the park were initiated by Joe Brady knifing the Permanent Under Secretary Thomas Burke, followed in short order by Tim Kelly, who knifed Lord Frederick. The British press expressed the outrage felt by many and demanded that the Phoenix Park Murderers be brought to justice.

The Invincibles' leader, James Carey, and Michael Kavanagh agreed to testify against the others. Joe Brady, Michael Fagan, Thomas Caffrey, Dan Curley and Tim Kelly were hanged in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin between May 14th and June 4th, 1883. Others were sentenced to serve long prison terms. William Marwood (1820 - 1883), a cobbler, of Church Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England at the age of 54 persuaded the governor of Lincoln prison to allow him to conduct an execution. ... Kilmainham Jail, also known as Kilmainham Gaol, is a prison located in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. ...

Carey was shot dead on board the 'Melrose Castle' off Cape Town, South Africa, on July 29, 1883, by Donegal-man Patrick O Donnell ; he was caught and escorted back to Ireland, where he was executed on December 17, 1883. The central area of Cape Town as seen from Table Mountain. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• The Shadow of the Gunman
• The Phoenix Park Murders