Irish National Invincibles

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The Irish National Invincibles were a radical Irish nationalist secret society in the 1880s best known for assassinating top British officials in Dublin’s Phoenix Park as part of the struggle for Irish independence.

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Irish National Invincibles canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist organization
secret society
activeInCentury 19th century
activeInDecade 1880s
basedIn Dublin
consequence arrest and execution of several members
country Ireland
dateOfEvent 1882-05-06
hasLanguage English
Irish
hasReputation radical wing of Irish nationalism
historicalPeriod Land War in Ireland
linked to: Irish Land War
ideology Irish nationalism
legalStatus illegal organization
locationOfActivity Dublin
Phoenix Park
motive Irish independence
resistance to British administration in Ireland
movement Irish republicanism
notableEvent assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish
assassination of Thomas Henry Burke
notableFor Phoenix Park Murders
opposedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Royal Irish Constabulary
opposedTo British rule in Ireland
partOf Irish republican movement
region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
resultOfActivities increased security measures in Dublin
public outcry in Britain and Ireland
secretSocietyType clandestine paramilitary group
targeted British officials in Ireland
usedMethod political assassination
usedWeapon knives
victim Lord Frederick Cavendish
Thomas Henry Burke

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Lord Frederick Cavendish victimOf Irish National Invincibles
Phoenix Park Murders perpetrator Irish National Invincibles
Phoenix Park Murders organisedBy Irish National Invincibles
Phoenix Park murders perpetrator Irish National Invincibles
subject linked to: Phoenix Park murders 1882