The Phoenix Park murders

The Phoenix Park murders occurred on May 6, 1882, in Dublin, Ireland, when two men, Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secretar,y and Thomas Henry Burke, the Permanent Under-Secretary, were assassinated by members of the Irish National Invincibles, a radical nationalist group seeking independence. The killings took place in Phoenix Park, a prominent city space, and shocked the British administration. The murders intensified tensions between Irish nationalists and the British government, contributing to increased violence and unrest during a period of Irish history marked by the struggle for independence.