The Phoenix Park Murders: Conflict, Compromise and Tragedy in Ireland, 1879-1882

The second half of the nineteenth century was a time of complex political turmoil between Britian and Ireland. This era gave rise to nationalism, republicanism, and splittered independence groups fuelled by past atrocities and the possibility of parliamentary ‘Home Rule’. The strain on Anglo-Irish relations would approach a breaking point with ‘The Phoenix Park Murders’, which involved 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. The assassination was carried out by members of a republican organisation known as the Irish National Invincibles, a more radical breakaway from the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This book tells the story of these troubled years and examines the crime that so shamed Irishmen and shattered English complacency. Used hardback in good condition, may show minor signs of wear. Some natural foxing present along edges of book.  Photographs are of the actual book, see for condition.